why won't film just die already?!

[drdroad]

Despite all these comments, it still is interesting (and a little odd) that some people choose film over digital. Those people who try to point out how much better the photos look from film just doesn't win out, there have been many articles in Photo magazines trying to show this, and none have convinced me.

But when considering darkroom over computer: HATED the darkroom and happy to be on my computer rather then that smelly, reaking place.

 

[480sparky]

I don't see any sense in golf, either. A perfectly good walk across a meticulously manicured lawn, ruined when you're compelled to take a $500 stick and hit a $40 white ball, then yell, "Ah, *#&$!!!!"

 

[limr]

The only thing I find odd is how this topic of conversation will not die.

 

[dxqcanada]

Conversations like this will never die, as long as there are people in this world who feel they have a voice that should be heard.

 

[limr]

Conversations like this will never die, as long as there are people in this world who feel they have a voice judgment that should be heard.

FTFY.

 

[dxqcanada]

Hmm, I had to Google that ... this whole socialspeak still confuses me.

 

[limr]

Hmm, I had to Google that ... this whole socialspeak still confuses me.

I had to Google it the first time I saw it, too. And now I can't not know it. It's just there, stuck in my brain. Like mold.

 

[dxqcanada]

The only one I can remember is ... WTF.

 

[limr]

The only one I can remember is ... WTF.

I have a stamp of that

 

[dxqcanada]

WTF

 

[Fred von den Berg]

“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
Bertrand Russell

Newer technology isn't necessarily better technology. It might be faster or easier or more convenient but these things are aspects that make the process faster, easier and more convenient: not better.

 

[Vtec44]

#makefilmgreatagain j/k

 

[dxqcanada]

#makefilmgreatagain j/k

MFGA ? Nah, that doesn't work ... #makeanaloggreatagain = MAGA !!

 

[Derrel]

#makefilmgreatagain j/k

MFGA ? Nah, that doesn't work ... #makeanaloggreatagain = MAGA !!

Walmart has been selling analog stuff lately at close-out prices...I snapped this photo a short time back,using my iPhone SE.

 

[Gary A.]

Somehow, before photography, I think there must have been a similar ‘argument’ when charcoal transitioned to watercolor and watercolor to oils, et cetera. Just as charcoal delivers a different image than pencil, so too with film and digital. Digital is different than film, not necessarily better, just different.

If film dies, it will be a slow death dictated by a diminishing market until film manufactures can no longer make a profit. There are still companies making new film cameras, including but not limited to: Leica, Nikon and Fuji.