Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Paul's exactly right. Look no further than 8mm movie film, which used to be available in every American drugstore back in the late 70s/early 80s. Today, there are only two or three places in the US which stock 8mm roll film. When I began shooting regular 8 movies, film and processing ran about eight bucks for a roll of color film. Now there's a choice of one color emulsion, and film and processing runs about thirty dollars. Wait two weeks (or more) for processing and film delivery, too. If you look at some of the major film suppliers, you'll note that prices are already on the rise. The days of $4.50 gray market Velvia are long gone. Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Paul De Zan Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 8:38 PM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re:Last film on earth (Christopher Williams) Greeting to all. I've been lurking for a few days after finding Kyle's site, which led me here, so blame him. This "Traditional Irish Wake for Film" is getting depressing. Instead of worrying about the disappearance of film, worry about how you're going to pay for it as the market size shrinks and the price starts going up (and up and up). Tri-X will be around for 50 years, whether Kodak is making it or not, because there will be a substantial market for silver photography for at least that long, one large enough to interest somebody in continuing to provide it. There is money in avocations because people are passionate about them and will pay to play. Pick up a copy of "Model Railroader" magazine sometime. It's stunning how many small-to-medium size companies are involved in making stuff for the scale train people. The future market for silver photography will be many times the size of that market and will support a bunch of boutique and mid-size players. Maybe YOU will be one of them!