Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, Maintaining the existing machine is my plan, but everyone who shoots film needs to think these things through. Interesting that I had the movie film discussion today with another person. I suspect that feature films will be digital in five years, work flow is a lot easier, digital projection will be a reality, and the movie business will be more and more home use on HiDef or BlueRay so it will be all digital. Just like our business, even if you feel film gives your movies more emotion, only the top of the top dogs will have that kind of creative control. As more and more movie business goes digital then the lab expertise starts to go away and the spiral continues. I am not really pessimistic, you just have to plan for eventualities. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 6/13/06, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote: > > 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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >