Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It could get hard to find in "remote" places like Australia !! Choice may diminish, again in places like this. Stock may not be "fresh" again magnified in smaller commercial markets etc etc. I already have to import many things here directly from the makers in USA and Europe. If security becomes vvvvv tight and they X-ray everything, will my film have a base fog of acceptable levels. These are minor worries, and annoyances not to mention the effect of scarcity on price ;-) On Thursday, Aug 7, 2003, at 08:22 Australia/Melbourne, Tom Smart wrote: > As far as I'm concerned there is no "film versus digital" debate. > > I use film, so for me it is not dead. As far as press pits are > concerned, I > don't care if nobody uses film. I have no deadlines. I can do a > better job > with my basement darkroom than I can with scanned negatives/inkjet. > Others > can choose digital though; I don't care. > > I don't see film becoming completely unavailable to me either. If 35mm > isn't available, I'll do large format. Certainly film in that format > will > be around a long time. And just because "the masses" may not choose > fil, > that doesn't mean it won't be available. How long has it been since > the > press has used black and white film as the standard? And yet, it is > still > available to me. > > No worries.... > > Tom > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > Alastair - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html