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FILM IS DEAD Anonymous
I was looking into getting an F100 film camera as a third camera (beside my dslr and point and shoot). But on talking to the so called expert, i was informed that "lots of the companies that make film are stopping very soon" and that "Within a couple of years film will be an old medium".

I had never realised this before but it does ring true, do you still reckon its worth me buying a film camera /p/?
>> Anonymous
Not true. Kodak is about as stable when it comes to these things as an ultra rapid cycling manic depressive, but Ilford and Fuji are both committed, as are smaller companies, like Efke and Foma.
>> Anonymous
Film isn't going to disappear. You can still by cyanotype and ambrotype materials, and they haven't been in mainstream use for over a hundred years. You may not always be able to buy cheap, shitty Kodak Gold at Wal-Mart, but you will always be able to find quality film from specialty shops.
>> Anonymous
That so called expert sounds like a clerk in a photostore. They know shit. :/

Heck, you can even buy 8mm film still. 35mm film is still the best for shooting films in hollywood, so I doubt still 35mm will be gone soon, since it's just a matter of repackiging.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
FUCK YEAH F100

get it. you won't be sorry. and whoever says that film is dying is an idiot.
>> parshimers !y2fz.HIyUQ
why the fuck have i heard this from like 3 different people now
film is here to stay for a long time, people would throw a shitfit if kodak discontinued stuff like tri-x
>> Anonymous
Film = old, slow & expensive. BUT instead you get low quality!
>> ac !!VPzQAxYPAMA
"Lots of companies" meaning "Polaroid"?
>> Anonymous
Kodak released new tmax last year and now ilford is in talks with polaroid if they could start producing instant film.

Many people including myself still frequently shoot film so its highly unlikely that film is going to disappear anytime soon.

The people who say film is dead or going to disappear just dont know what theyre talking about.
>> Anonymous
>>151432ilford is in talks with polaroid if they could start producing instant film.

No shit? Hurrah!
>> Anonymous
Film isn't dead. It won't be for a long time. I still like film; I learned on my dad's Nikon FM and black and white film in a darkroom. It's a great teaching and artistic medium. You take better pictures when most of the control you have over the pictures happens before you release the shutter and you can't look at the screen to see what you took and delete it if it's shit.

However, is inconvenient and expensive. A few weeks ago, I took a trip to Washington, D.C. Single prints and photo CD at Wolf Camera was like $47. Had I shot digital, I could post-process my photos myself, only get prints of the ones I like, post them online the day I took them, save money, and get only good prints.

If you have the money, play around with film for a while, and then go digital when film doesn't fit your needs anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>151439
For color shoot slide film and buy mounts separately.

For negatives ask them to first process the film and then decide which frames you want to print.

Also never take photo cd, if you shoot film more than 10 times a year just buy cheap flatbed scanner to do the job.
>> Anonymous
>>151395

Should I upload a 20mpix scan from my 35mm negative?

Slides are even better. They beat the crap out of my DSLR dynamics and detail-wise.

Also film looks more natural and I like the colors more.
>> Anonymous
Also, film isn't that expensive. There are other shops which sell film than the ripoff store next to you.

For exmple in europe http://www.nordfoto.de/ is a fine place to buy film, especially if you get a copuple of guys together.

http://www.fotoimpex.de/ sells also loads of cheap stuff and chemicals.

And especially with B&W, you can buy the film in longer rolls and can it yourself. It's very easy if you have access to some local darkroom with canning machine.

And at least here they have also an automated film processing machine in the darkroom, so you can process nearly whatever kind of film by yourself - and it's very cheap.