Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
and a better image. And for some jobs like billboards or even magazine spreads, you still can't get quite enough resolution with digital. I think our list is suffering from a bad case of *ist-dism. Remember digital cameras have been around for a long time, and no one here proclaimed film dead until just

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: If my local stores are anything to go by, there won't be film available to load into them before long. Well, good film, at least. There'll *always* be Kodak Max 400. Gosh, where do you live? Pittsburgh. Only two really serious photo

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-10 Thread Rob Studdert
On 10 Dec 2003 at 9:46, Mark Roberts wrote: Pittsburgh. Only two really serious photo shops here. The one near me has cut back on film *drastically* - from three film fridges to one. And that one's only 1/3 full. And it's mostly color neg for the wedding photographers (those who still shoot

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-10 Thread Kenneth Waller
close to closing their doors. I was glad to hear you relay the counter guy's comments. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FILM DEAD ? snip, snip Yesterday I was at one of our best pro labs, Meteor in Troy, Michigan. I assumed

Re[2]: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-10 Thread Bruce Dayton
One of the real big pluses for me of digital over Medium Format was the price/cost of film/developing. It gets very expensive. On the digital side, I can at least practice and experiment without so much cost. Bruce Wednesday, December 10, 2003, 2:53:32 PM, you wrote: RS On 10 Dec 2003 at

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-09 Thread Tonghang Zhou
Dropped by a local photo store last weekend and saw people flocking at the new Leicas, 23 hundred a piece on sale at 10% off. Judging by the enthusiam at such shameful prices, it's hard to believe film is dead. Tonghang.

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-09 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Tonghang Zhou Subject: Re: FILM DEAD ? Dropped by a local photo store last weekend and saw people flocking at the new Leicas, 23 hundred a piece on sale at 10% off. Judging by the enthusiam at such shameful prices, it's hard to believe film is dead

Re: FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9 Dec 2003 at 12:31, Tonghang Zhou wrote: Dropped by a local photo store last weekend and saw people flocking at the new Leicas, 23 hundred a piece on sale at 10% off. Judging by the enthusiam at such shameful prices, it's hard to believe film is

FILM DEAD ?

2003-12-07 Thread John Daniele
My opinion is after you learn to use all the dig features and own Photoshop V.1.1 Film is going to have that pleasing crackle like a Led Zeppelin album on vinyl. It's just not the same on a cd. JD