2006-12-05 20:15:48 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cameras
most probably ...YES. It is a matter of time until digital will match and overpass the quality of (35 mm) photographic film.
2006-12-05 23:37:30 · answer #1 · answered by dand370 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it will still be a matter of some years before film disappears from the consumer horizon. I do believe that the processing will become harder and harder to find. (That is already happening, just look at the "mom & pop" labs that have hit the dirt in the last couple of years, not to mention the demise of Konica-Minolta, Agfa, and Kodak B & W paper.) Some major commercial labs have closed their doors as well.
We may find that film will become a serious hobbiest niche market, aimed mostly at do-it-yourselfers who soup and print their own.
I am a photo lab manager. In six years, my film roll volume has dropped from 80 - 100 rolls per day to around 30. We may average 40 between now and mid-January, but I haven't had a 100 roll day in well over 2 years. However, we do in excess of 12,000 digital prints a month on 3 different digital printers, and I'm in line to get a 4th.
But will film go away completely? There are still people who expose glass plates and pinhole cameras. So I suppose film will be around in some form or another for a few more decades, at least, while the masses will continue the exodus to digital
2006-12-06 08:20:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ara57 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say it will. One thing that keeps film alive is the lower cost of film cameras as compared to high quality digital cameras.
The industry is also likely to try to find ways to keep film on the market, since it is a major generator of income. You have Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, Ilford and other companies highly dependent on this market.
Film cameras are able to go more places, can be sold in kiosks at theme parks and many people will grab them if they are going someplace they don't want to risk their 400 dollar digital camera.
If high quality but low-cost digital cameras and technology are developed film will likely fade away.
2006-12-06 04:27:59 · answer #3 · answered by Warren D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it will become an art form.
When 35mm film came out 30+ yrs ago, they said medium format film was dead.... yet it still exists, and yes some profesionals still use it. Now big box stores (wal-mart/Kmart/target/etc) have already reduced the amount of film they carry and may stop carrying it altogether (like medium format) but as long as there are specialty stores, there will be film.
Eric
2006-12-06 07:21:31 · answer #4 · answered by clavestone 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are some product like lomo that still use film.. it's hard to see that they will be obsolete in the near future.. well, maybe in a few decades
i think some people still consider photo taken by film as classic, but the number is getting less and less, due to the rapid development in digital imaging technology.. the 'classic' now can be 'made'
2006-12-06 05:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by fBass 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not really. Film has its place. Some of the best pics. are taken using film. Digital offers immense flexibility. It is a toss up, but films are here to stay.
2006-12-06 05:10:14 · answer #6 · answered by Nightrider 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope not. I am about to change from film to digital and it is making me nervous! I am taking a digital class in Jan so that will help, but I really love film work.
2006-12-06 10:50:42 · answer #7 · answered by kmoc123 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Everything will be on flash media in the future.
2006-12-06 04:17:19 · answer #8 · answered by strmch8sr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certain.
2006-12-06 04:23:44 · answer #9 · answered by alight_212 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋