Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Spot on Feli. As you say the big fall-off is in colour neg film, and no wonder! 99% of colour neg was shot by people with P&S cameras at parties or on holiday. That market simply won't exist in a couple of years. But B&W is different. I seem to recall that Kodak built a new plant for B&W when they launched the new Tri-X and I expect that'll keep going for decades, even if Kodak sell it off. Quite strange in a world where digital chip plants are built, operated and destroyed within a few years. I'd say Kodak got it about right with the film to digital thing. The big loss is no surprise at this stage. P. ******* Paul Hardy Carter www.paulhardycarter.com ******* On 19 Oct 2005, at 23:27, feli wrote: > I wonder what the breakdown is. I suspect that color negative film > sales > are dropping like a rock, with slide film in second place. I wonder > how much > black and white sales are down, since it's already sort fo a vertical > market. > > I've had my Canon 5D for about two weeks now. It's a very nice camera, > but frankly > I still prefer Tri-X and my M cameras. I really miss the dynamic range > of film. Shooting > digital, is like slide film, with an extra stop or two of range.