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Subject: [Leica] my favorite film....
From: cochranpr at mac.com (David Cochran)
Date: Sat Oct 8 00:21:51 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20051007225550.00bd7040@mail.2alpha.com>

Amen!

D.
On Oct 8, 2005, at 2:40 AM, Peter Klein wrote:

> Doug Herr wrote:
>> Sorry, this is a "me too" response... I like my R8 and I'd like to 
>> see what I could do with a DMR but if I couldn't get a decent film 
>> for my SL I'd probably stop photographing.
>
> Isn't that a little drastic, Doug?  You strike me as someone who would 
> make images regardless of the medium available.  You didn't quit when 
> Kodachrome began to go extinct.  I truly believe that the desire to 
> make images is stronger than any particular film, or even film itself.
>
> I've pondered what I would do if Tri-X disappeared next year.  First I 
> would yell and scream and post long-winded laments to the LUG.  
> Probably get into several argument over the supposedly infallible 
> wisdom of the mass marketplace.  And then I'd find another film.  
> Neopan 400 is good. Some even prefer it to Tri-X.  BW400CN is very 
> nice for many purposes.  And maybe somebody will make a decent film 
> I'll have to order in Polish or Ukrainian.
>
> If all film disappears, perhaps by then digital will have gotten a 
> notch or two better. The cameras smaller and lighter.  The dynamic 
> range and noise problems mitigated by some as yet unfulfilled 
> technology.  And the digital market will mature at some point. They 
> won't be able to sell digital cameras as they do now.  "It's new, it's 
> cool, it's convenient, it's good enough" won't be good enough any 
> more.  Camera design will have to become driven more by intended 
> usage, and less by hype and ground-floor market share capture.
>
> What I'm getting at is that sometimes we see things going to hell in a 
> handbasket because we live in a volatile time. A new technology seems 
> to be replacing an older one before the newer one is truly ready--for 
> our purposes at least.  But we forget that not every product has to 
> sell to everybody in the world to be viable.  So maybe the old stuff 
> won't go away completely.  And the new stuff has lots of potential 
> that will come in time.
>
> Yes, if my favorite films went away I would scream bloody murder.  But 
> I wouldn't stop photographing.  I don't think you would, either.  
> You'd find a way, the same way you found the tools that are perfect 
> for you now.
>
> --Peter
>
>
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