Not true. All magazines are now working with digital. Some of it is 4x5, but it's digital.
> What could be called "super glossy" magazines are still demanding 4x5 > inch chromes. I expect that until 4x5" chrome films are completely > discontinued that aspect of the commercial market will use film. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >I think film will continue to be available for the forseeable future, > >perhaps > as long as fifty years, probably longer. It's kind of like oil paints. They > didn't go away when people started making photographs or for that matter when > acrylics were developed. Different media appeal to different artists. Will > film > be used for commercial photography? Not for the most part, but there will > always > be some exceptions. Will film be capable of providing images that are > superior > to digital? Eventually, no. But because it is different, it will still > represent > a unique choice. > > > > > > > > > >>>I don't expect film to go away entirely, just to get ridiculously > >>>expensive with limited choice just like vinyl recordings vs CD. The > >>>majority of my Leica film kit will be on the block shortly. > >>> > >>> > >>My thoughts exactly, CD has been around since 1983 and you can still buy > >>vinyl albeit selected releases, I reckon film has at the very least 20 > >>years > >>left :) > >> > >>John > >> > >> > >>---------- Original Message ----------- > >>From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > >>Sent: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:28:42 +1000 > >>Subject: Re: Film may not be dead..... > >> > >> > >> > >>>On 17 Jan 2005 at 11:39, Graywolf wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>I will close with the comment that in your and Rob's last posts you both > >>>>admitted you like film, especially B&W but are just too lazy to mess with > >>>> > >>>> > >>it at > >> > >> > >>>>this time. Got a message for both of you. Keep proselytizing digital and > >>>> > >>>> > >>you > >> > >> > >>>>will help make film disappear, then you will never have to make the > >>>> > >>>> > >>choice. > >> > >> > >>>I don't expect film to go away entirely, just to get ridiculously > >>>expensive with limited choice just like vinyl recordings vs CD. The > >>>majority of my Leica film kit will be on the block shortly. > >>> > >>>Rob Studdert > >>>HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > >>>Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > >>>UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > >>>Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 > >>> > >>> > >>------- End of Original Message ------- > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. > During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings > and shoot foreigners - two things that are usually frowned on during > peacetime. > --P.J. O'Rourke > >
