K.Takeshita wrote: > On 2/08/07 12:45 PM, "Adam Maas", <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Kodak wants to sell its film line, not shut it down. I suspect that if >> they sell it, the film unit will outlast Kodak proper. > > I understand that Fuji has been instigating "return to film" (paraphrasing) > campaign for quite some time. Not really a front line flashy one, but quiet > and persistent one. I read their management interview, betting that, when > digital fever begin to subside, it will be followed by the resurgence of > film. I think they actually believe it (not motivated by film biz promotion > alone). If they are serious about it, and persevere to preserve at least > the minimum film development/production capability, it is admirable. At > least in Japan, many (do not know the proportion) advanced amateurs are > slowly returning to film. I am sure some are very fussy about the image > quality and they prefer film rendition, yet some are sick of too fast a > product cycle of essentially the same thing etc. I am sure they of course > use DSLR as well, but just reflecting on the advantageous parts of film. > Some probably do not like the trend that the photography has turned into a > processing by computer geeks rather than true sense of it, etc etc. Curious > to know exactly what are driving them back to film. > > No, I am not a film advocate, just passing info :-) > > Ken > >
From what I'm hearing, LF film sales in particular, and film sales in general bottomed out a couple years ago and have been holding steady or slightly increasing. Processing is still dropping as those shooting film are doing their own processing more and more. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
