Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-23 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Mar 23, 2009, at 11:18 , Scott Loveless wrote: On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Luiz Felipe > wrote: Bob, don't forget the destiny of out-of-work horses... That's a sticky subject. While I'm tanning tomorrow I'll hide my remorse for the horse. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com “If I c

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-23 Thread Scott Loveless
On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Luiz Felipe wrote: > Bob, don't forget the destiny of out-of-work horses... That's a sticky subject. -- Scott Loveless Cigarette-free since December 14th, 2008 http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-23 Thread Luiz Felipe
Bob, don't forget the destiny of out-of-work horses... LF Bob W escreveu: They still make buggy whips too. I doubt anyone has any illusion that the horse drawn buggy is still "alive" as a transportation machine, though. :-) it is, actually. Most of the world's population do not live in

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Nick Wright" Subject: Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...) Granted, I know that's true. I recently worked at one of them for a short bit. But the fact remains that the film machine is a seperate m

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 7:09 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Nick Wright" > Subject: Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to > make...) > > > > Also if film were dead (or even on life support), there would

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Nick Wright
in, we might be surprised. When I worked there, there was more film brought in than I thought especially disposable cameras. On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:09 PM, William Robb wrote: > > - Original Message - From: "Nick Wright" > Subject: Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, b

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Nick Wright wrote: > Sorry! I thought you were being serious. I hate email. > We are serious. This is the PDML. :-) dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@p

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Nick Wright" Subject: Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...) Also if film were dead (or even on life support), there would not be two one hour minilabs in a town with under 10,000 population. I think you&#

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Nick Wright" Subject: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...) Film is no more dead than painting is dead. It's just found a slightly different niche than it once had. Slightly different, and much, much sm

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Scott Loveless
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Nick Wright wrote: > Sorry! I thought you were being serious. I hate email. > > I happen to believe that the horse and buggy is a completely > appropriate form of transportation, seriously. If I had enough land to > grow the food a horse would require I would have

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Scott Loveless
On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Bob W wrote: > >> They still make buggy whips too. I doubt anyone has any >> illusion that >> the horse drawn buggy is still "alive" as a transportation machine, >> though. :-) >> > > it is, actually. Most of the world's population do not live in the countries > th

RE: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Bob W
> They still make buggy whips too. I doubt anyone has any > illusion that > the horse drawn buggy is still "alive" as a transportation machine, > though. :-) > it is, actually. Most of the world's population do not live in the countries that we live in, but the horse-, donkey- or ass-drawn

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Nick Wright
Sorry! I thought you were being serious. I hate email. I happen to believe that the horse and buggy is a completely appropriate form of transportation, seriously. If I had enough land to grow the food a horse would require I would have and use one in a heartbeat. Also if film were dead (or even o

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
Okay, film is just on life support. Seriously, film hasn't found a different niche. It's found a tiny niche. Yes, it will continue to be used by hobbyists and some fine-art photographers, but for most of us, it's history. So repairing and clinging to film cameras can be both a waste of time

Re: Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
'Twas a joke, sir. ]'-) Although with regard to the volume of commercial, saleable work being done today, film might as well be dead. "A slightly different niche" is a niche with a tiny percentage of the sales volume in media, chemistry and processing work compared to 8 years ago. They s

Film is dead (was: Re: New gear, but now I have a decision to make...)

2009-03-20 Thread Nick Wright
Now who's being ridiculous? If film is dead then why did Kodak make Ektar (now in 120 too)? Why did Fuji reintroduce Velvia? Why did a company show a new $1,600 enlarger at PMA? Why is Voigtlander still pumping out brand new rangefinders and lenses to go with? Not to mention their new Bessa III 6