Hello Antti-Pekka, My personal belief is that it is NOT the lack of film availabilty that will be the issue, but the cost to buy and PROCESS/PRINT it. Depending on where you are in the world, this may be the case. Here in the USA, the number of 1 hour minilabs is starting to drop unless they cough up enough to buy the digital labs. The price per print will slowly rise on the film side and may slowly decline on the digital side.
Areas of the world where computerization is lower, film will be more dominant. In other words, it is an economic decision, not a technological or quality one. Whatever is the cheapest to use will become the norm. So where I live, digital is coming on strong. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, January 28, 2004, 4:21:46 AM, you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> where have you read this? film is going away because the people >> who used to >> buy the most aren't buying it. >> >> Herb.... APV> I did not read it anywhere. Like I said it just occurred to me that APV> this is used as one of the reasons why to go digital. I have heard APV> recently this kind of statements (locally)... when someone is APV> trying to convince him/hersel why he/she should buy a digital camera APV> right now (a good reason to convince oneself to buy a DSLR which APV> does not have all the specs one would really want ;-). APV> It's like going to panic and selling current film gear because APV> the value of the gear will drop pretty soon "because there will be APV> no film available." This sounds like a ridiculous reason but I've APV> seen more crazy ones when someone is thinking of buying a new APV> car for example :-) These are the kind of reasons rehearsed to be APV> presented to the wife... APV> It does not have anything to do with the fact that film market APV> is shrinking (not going away) because the people who used to buy APV> it aren't buying it any more (because they use digicams). APV> A film company stopping to make film altogether because the market APV> is no longer growing is another thing. The film market is still APV> HUGE globally and will be for a very long time (not just the next APV> couple of years) so there will be plenty of film available. APV> This is just my view of what will happen. One cannot prove it the APV> way or the other, we need to get back to this question after some APV> 10-20 years to see if the film is still available or not. I have APV> been wrong before... but usually I have been right ;-) APV> Antti-Pekka APV> --- APV> Antti-Pekka Virjonen APV> Computec Oy, Turku Finland APV> Gsm: +358-500-789 753 APV> www.computec.fi * www.estera.fi
