why won't film just die already?!

[vintagesnaps]

I do lumen prints to smell the fixer.

I have a cable package for the hockey.
(Oh, Canada... the true north strong and free who has hockey - too bad they don't bring back singing both national anthems at games like I remember but I guess you can't have everything.)

You missed it Sam, film already was supposedly gone and came back. It was a shorter wait than for vinyl to come back.

 

[jcdeboever]

I have direct tv because the wife says so.

 

[Jamesaz]

When I did photography for money, I came to digital cameras and workflow quite early in the game. The first camera the company bought was some nikon body with a Kodak badged hard drive and was like carrying around a brick. I'm not sure how many images it held but not so many you could be too distant from someplace to download them and then run them through a pre-layers version of photoshop. Anyway, the quality in those early days was awful and very time consuming. ( For what it's worth, I recognized the artistic potential but felt digital image making was limiting itself by using photography as a starting point). In a short while however the quality became acceptable (think canon 10d) and PS got layers and art directors could avoid making decisions till even later in the publication process. In short, the production schedules demanded using digital. It all paid the same.

Now that I no longer do photography for money, I use film capture. Why? all the good reasons others have said but mostly because I'm kinesthetic, meaning I best process information through movement, so the handwork involved in film, the developing, printing, spotting, mat cutting, all the movement stuff is when I get to ponder my thoughts and examine my techniques. Yeah, it's fun again.

Perhaps, however, the best answer to the question 'why won't it die already' may have to do with the fact that most film users now are old guys like me with disposable income.

One reason to support digital is that, at least on the surface, it seems much cleaner for the environment without the chemical disposal into the city sewers. Whether that is offset by old computers in the landfill remains to be seen.

It's just not what I like to do.

 

[chuasam]

..............Anyway I thought of an analogy for the Why won't film just hurry up and die? thread: "Why wont Canada just give up and become the 51st American state? "

'Cuz they gotta wait for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas Islands to decide first.

Because We’re not interested in joining that country without healthcare, maternity leave, and far too many guns.

California, Oregon and NewYork are welcome to join Canada.

 

[480sparky]

..............Anyway I thought of an analogy for the Why won't film just hurry up and die? thread: "Why wont Canada just give up and become the 51st American state? "

'Cuz they gotta wait for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas Islands to decide first.

Because We’re not interested in joining that country without healthcare, maternity leave, and far too many guns.

California, Oregon and NewYork are welcome to join Canada.

You can have Commiefornia and New Spork.

 

[chuasam]

..............Anyway I thought of an analogy for the Why won't film just hurry up and die? thread: "Why wont Canada just give up and become the 51st American state? "

'Cuz they gotta wait for Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas Islands to decide first.

Because We’re not interested in joining that country without healthcare, maternity leave, and far too many guns.

California, Oregon and NewYork are welcome to join Canada.

You can have Commiefornia and New Spork.

The blue will be now known as the United States of Canada.

 

[limr]

 

[Designer]

The blue will be now known as the United States of Canada.

I'm o.k. with that.

I suppose the fishing licenses will be astronomical, but c'est la vie.

 

[limr]

What the hell do you people not understand about STOP???

Seriously, get back to the film dead horse or get deleted.

 

[chuasam]

What the hell do you people not understand about STOP???

Seriously, get back to the film dead horse or get deleted.

The blue will be now known as the United States of Canada.

I'm o.k. with that.

I suppose the fishing licenses will be astronomical, but c'est la vie.

My biggest issue with film is the minuscule profit margins and the amount of support required.

 

[limr]

What the hell do you people not understand about STOP???

Seriously, get back to the film dead horse or get deleted.

The blue will be now known as the United States of Canada.

I'm o.k. with that.

I suppose the fishing licenses will be astronomical, but c'est la vie.

My biggest issue with film is the minuscule profit margins and the amount of support required.

Why do you even care?

 

[Bear Dale]

I've got 20 packets of Polaroid in the fridge

 

[480sparky]

My biggest issue with film is the minuscule profit margins and the amount of support required.

So you avoid grocery stores as well?

 

[chuasam]

My biggest issue with film is the minuscule profit margins and the amount of support required.

So you avoid grocery stores as well?

I usually shop at Costco

 

[480sparky]

My biggest issue with film is the minuscule profit margins and the amount of support required.

So you avoid grocery stores as well?

I usually shop at Costco

Are you overly concerned about Costco's miniscule margins and support infrastructure as well?