Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don, As long as the professional motion picture industry uses and releases its films on 35mm stock, 35mm film will be available for amateurs. My Kodak annual report indicates that the company is still producing thousands of feet of motion picture film every day. Of course we will not be able to get the variety of emulsions we have enjoyed in the past and we may have to deal with leftover short ends, but isn't that what Oskar Barnack had in mind in the first place. Why change operating systems? If your scanner and software work to your satisfaction, just keep your present computer as part of a dedicated scanning system. New computers are getting faster and cheaper and more sophisticated. You can always transfer your scanned images to a new computer via CD or ethernet to get the advantages of new hardware and software. That's what I did when I found that my Intel iMac was not (at the time) compatible with my Minolta 5400 scanner. Larry Z On Jun 13, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Don wrote: > So, for film lovers, have a couple of freezers full of your favorite > film. > Learn to love stable developers that you can mix yourself. Know the > critical parts in your food chain and have several spares. Try to > think of > some options should a key part of your work flow die. In my case that > would > be the film scanner: if I upgrade operating systems then the scanner I > presently own will not migrate.