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Subject: [Leica] Is film making a comeback?
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 09:25:01 -0700
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Steve Barbour

On Aug 24, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith342 at gmail.com> wrote:

My problem was not so much that film was dying off? It was the availability 
of chemicals. A perfect storm of (1) post 911 restrictions on chemicals in 
the mail, (2) the demise of local brick and mortar stores post-Katrina, and 
(3) my college deciding that it was unlawful for me to receive mail at the 
school 

what,  a faculty made up of hermits isolated from the world?



put a damper on my souping of films. 

Jeffery



On Aug 24, 2013, at 5:07 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> I would not say comeback in the sense that it will ever become mainstream 
> again. It will not die out completely, just as vinyl records are still 
> around, but it will remain a niche product for aficionados. Some of those 
> will be young, artistic types, yes.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> 
> YNWA
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> On Aug 24, 2013, at 11:33 AM, Dan Khong wrote:
> 
>> Friends
>> 
>> Many years ago, lots of folks who enjoyed talking about Leica cameras,
>> signature of various lenses and the attributes of the many films 
>> available,
>> jettisoned their film equipment and then joined the bandwagon that echoed,
>> "Film is dead!"
>> 
>> Today, we can still get film AND many old film cameras are holding their
>> prices. I am seeing young people toting film cameras. Hand phone cameras 
>> in
>> one hand and film cameras in the other.
>> 
>> Is it possible that film is not that dead but is actually making a 
>> comeback?
>> 
>> Dan K
>> 
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In reply to: Message from dankhong at gmail.com (Dan Khong) ([Leica] Is film making a comeback?)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] Is film making a comeback?)
Message from jsmith342 at gmail.com (Jeffery Smith) ([Leica] Is film making a comeback?)