Every year, I do a 'snapshot" of where my lab is, in relation to past years.
In 2003, we processed more film than we had ever done before.
I track the 2 weeks before Christmas to the middle of January for my
Christmas rush volume numbers, since the rush seems to die off around the
10th, for the most part.
Film processing volumes (C-41) have been dropping off steadily for the past
couple of years.
If we treat 03 as 100%, 04 was 57%, 05 was 50%.
I was surprised to find film processing volumes had only dropped off another
7% from the 03 numbers, although the % drop from 04 to 05 is somewhat
higher.
Print volumes are also dropping, but not as fast, 03 being 100%, 04 was 71%,
05 was 69%.
For those who think I am not looking past my front door, the PMA projections
are pretty close to what is happenning in my lab.
William Robb
