Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] The Future of the Film-Based Equipment Shop
From: Nathan Wajsman <n.wajsman@chello.nl>
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2004 07:58:30 +0100
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No doubt. Although...

I have a good friend who teaches photography at an arts college in
Denmark. For his own work, he is now doing largely digital. When I
visited him at Christmas, I asked him if the school still had its
darkroom with several Jobos and enlargers. Much to my surprise he said
yes--it appears that the people who come to his courses want to learn
the craft of traditional photography and not digital. 

So at least as a niche product, film will survive.

Nathan



FSilberman@aol.com wrote:
> 
> There will always be film, but I suspect film will become a small niche
> market in the future, something like what has happened to vinyl in the music world.
> Digital music (CD's) & digital film. The plus side is there will be lots of
> cool cameras out there people will be dumping. Prices are looking soft already
> for used gear.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Frederic

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