It's not just the cost to the consumer, it is the cost to do business. When most of the labs/minilabs give up on film, then we might see a landslide changeover - which in turn will cause the manufacturers (films, equipment, chemistry, etc) to re-evaluate the cost of doing business on their part and so on...
Bruce Dayton Wednesday, February 13, 2002, 9:45:47 AM, you wrote: TR> Aw, why would you think that? (Here in Charlotte it costs $5 a sheet to get TR> 4x5 B&W film processed) TR> Ciao, TR> Graywolf TR> ---------------------------------------------------------------- TR> ----- Original Message ----- TR> From: Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TR> To: Stephen Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TR> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:23 PM TR> Subject: Re[2]: Am I Really a Dinosaur? >> I am truly hoping that film doesn't die out quickly. My biggest fear >> is that inexpensive processing (color) will go away first, which will >> hasten the move to digital. >> >> It is interesting to note that I have been contemplating purchasing a >> P&S for my daughter to take on summer camp and I obviously looked at >> digitals. Because of funny things like battery consumption (lack of >> recharge locations and time), kids wanting to "play" with the digital >> and storage card issues, I have come to the conclusion that a simple >> 35mm P&S is far more economical and far more useful for her. This >> coming from me with a Coolpix 990 and 2500 shots on it. >> >> If the rest of the consumers really take a good, hard look, perhaps >> they too, will come to the same conclusion that I have. Long live >> film! >> >> >> Bruce Dayton >> >> >> >> Wednesday, February 13, 2002, 8:35:12 AM, you wrote: >> >> SM> Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> I think you're right. I *hope* you're right. >> >> >> >> Still I can't help but think of those who predicted the death of TR> super-8 >> >> film when video was introduced... >> >> SM> Still, I can't help thinking about the "transition" from >> SM> vinyl LPs to CDs. Sure seemed like a whole bunch of >> SM> consumer electronics manufacturers got together and >> SM> said, "Let's put this thing out there with an inferior >> SM> sampling rate, and make everybody repurchase their entire >> SM> music collections." >> >> SM> Of course, vinyl (and the equipment to play it) still can be >> SM> purchsed -- dearly -- from small, specialty, purist manufacturers. >> >> SM> Flame-suited, ducking and running... >> >> SM> Stephen >> - >> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . TR> - TR> This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, TR> go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to TR> visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
