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- jevad
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp…
wow...ballsy move...sure to upset a few people...
- version30
Personally I'm excited, they must feel proud of themselves and have something up thier sleeves.
- BuddhaHat0
Yeh, but when statistics show that 95% of a country's market is digital, they're going where the money is...
I watched a woman spent $50 on rolls of film in front of the me at the service station yesterday, I couldn't believe that people still buy those things... (sic: for consumer use) another $200 and she'd have herself a half-way decent point-and-shoot camera.
- spiralstarez0
While I'm completely into digital, I still think film has an aesthetic that digital cannot replicate, though the gap is closing fast.
I especially notice it with B&W shots - which I just don't find have the punch that they do from film cameras.
Surprising announcement for sure.
- dbloc0
that's why most movie productions are still shot with film. It just looks better. There are probably not enough consumers interested in film cameras anymore though. There is a huge market for digital.
- chz0
I think its a great move... they're still going to keep the pro user F6 series cameras... they can do away with the rest of their 35mm line up.
- sephil0
wow, thats a big move. I tough it was meant to happen but not that quickly
- BuddhaHat0
Yeah, a big move in the right direction I reckon...
unlike kodak's recent efforts *shudder*
- wasywas0
It's inevitable that digital is to replace film. My concern is tomorrow's lost memories of digital shots taken today due to insufficient storage mediums. I mean - don't CD's or DVD's rot out after 10 years or so? And hard drives aren't supposed to last forever...
- canuck0
Its sad but true, I was on the henrys website (canadian camera shop) fews ago and they have pretty much stoped selling all film cameras; the only ones left are like nikon fm10s or something. It makes sense though. I mean the average consumer can go buy a shit digital camera for like $200. pick the shots they like then go to walmart and print them out for like 20 cents a shot. Film just does not make sense econimically. I want to buy a dslr this year. I am sick of waiting. I don't think they will get much cheaper. I think digital camera prices have pretty much leveled out. I remember paying $1000 4 years ago for a 4 mega pixel point and shoot.
//end of rant.
- tkmeister0
i love film cameras. but digital just makes sense more. more streamlined production, file transfer etc...
i'll keep my nikon FA. i just love how it feels and shoot. takes amazing photos too.