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I agree with Photo Phreak to a point.
We Leica users become so involved with our M3s and M6s and MP cameras so much that I think we sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture. Any camera, film or digital, is only a tool with which to produce and end product. For me it is mostly a great big fibre-based print. Pretty useless unless you want to hang it on a wall.
Without digital photography film is dead anyway.
Some years ago I read some where that about half the worlds silver production was used for photosensitive materials. And the projections were that there was approximately 40 years supply left.
The figures may be old and may not be entirely accurate, but the principal still holds. As less silver is available, film gradually becomes more expensive until it is too costly to use. less people use it and so the cycle goes.
There are literally thousands of different processes for making photographic prints that do not rely on silver. and many of these produce finer results than silver gelatine technology. Digital negatives can now be produced on acetate via computers and printers. No need for a beautiful MP.
However i make the point again as long as there is silver, the cine industry will have a use for 35 mm film. That is basically the stuff we put in our Leica CRF cameras. People will be still using their MPs 40 years from now.
interesting discussion, craig
We Leica users become so involved with our M3s and M6s and MP cameras so much that I think we sometimes lose sight of the bigger picture. Any camera, film or digital, is only a tool with which to produce and end product. For me it is mostly a great big fibre-based print. Pretty useless unless you want to hang it on a wall.
Without digital photography film is dead anyway.
Some years ago I read some where that about half the worlds silver production was used for photosensitive materials. And the projections were that there was approximately 40 years supply left.
The figures may be old and may not be entirely accurate, but the principal still holds. As less silver is available, film gradually becomes more expensive until it is too costly to use. less people use it and so the cycle goes.
There are literally thousands of different processes for making photographic prints that do not rely on silver. and many of these produce finer results than silver gelatine technology. Digital negatives can now be produced on acetate via computers and printers. No need for a beautiful MP.
However i make the point again as long as there is silver, the cine industry will have a use for 35 mm film. That is basically the stuff we put in our Leica CRF cameras. People will be still using their MPs 40 years from now.
interesting discussion, craig