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Re: Never will happen...

Posted by Hornlover on December 24, 2003 at 08:53:16:
Well...I said that with a bit of humor, but the writing is indeed on the wall. Film does still have some useful niches, but those will fade away soon also. Ask the major camera manufacturers how many film cameras they have in development now. The big push for everyone is now in digital. I shot film in 35mm, medium format and large format since the late 60's, and two years ago I felt strongly that film would not be eclipsed for at least a decade more. The leaps that digital has gone through in the last couple of years has been faster than almost anyone would have believed a few years ago. Now that I have experienced what I can do digitally, I will never go back to film where there is a digital alternative. I still shoot a bit of film in large format, but in the next year or two, that will probably be history as well. The art part of our profession hasn't changed. Just the way we capture the information has. Digital has been a very liberating experience. I no longer have to wait to see my results. I no longer have to filter to compensate for this or that films color bias. I no longer have to run tests on each batch of film I buy. I no longer have to run to the labs to have my chromes processed, just to make slight changes, and reshoot. The costs of doing business has dropped dramatically, both in the cost of film, processing the film, and the time saved by not having to pay models to wait for proofs (or to bring them back for a reshoot). I no longer dump gallons of chemicals into the environment processing film. All those things we were used to doing when using film hampered the artistic energy we enjoy so much as a photographer. Digital has freed me so much, I couldn't imagine going back. Try it, you'll like it!