Film is obselete?

Hi, I am thinking of getting a film SLR camera for Christmas this year
and I was kind of worried that maybe soon people won't be selling film
or developing film any more. Is there any chance of the price of film
skyrocketing and the price of developing film skyrocketing?
The guy at the store told me that the only difference now that digital
out is that there isn't as much variety different of film available
anymore. He told me that film costs the same.
Thanks,
Andrew

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Re: Film is obselete?

This is what I was looking at
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At the end they are giving the operating profits, which I don't believe
counts things like writing off equipment. Really this is what Kodak is
going to care about, the cash that they can get out of the sales of
film. On paper the film business could easily look like it is losing
money as they write off capital equipment that is not longer needed.
But in a real way these capital assets are most likely on the books at
a value much higher then their actual worth and so when there are
written off it is not a real lost of money.
I am sure that Kodak is looking at what the total amount of cash they
can squeeze out of film is. And when you look at how fast sale are
dropping it is clear that a strategy that pulls a few more percent
profit out of sales now at the expense of sales 5 years from now would
be a good trade off.
Scott


Scott W

Re: Film is obselete?

While I agree with your last paragraph, what information do you have
regarding the profitability of any of Kodak's product lines? Are you
talking marginal profit, or fully depreciated? I doubt that even the
venerable Ron B is privy to that info. .....
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John McWilliams

Re: Film is obselete?

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So instead of just taking an extra set of batteries, you take an
extra camera for light meting that also requires batteries?
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Philip@ue.aioy.eu (Philip Homburg)

Re: Film is obselete?

Kodak is still making a lot of money off of film sales so I don't see
them dropping it in the
next few years. But Kodak is also selling a lot less film each year
and making a lot less money off of it each year so I do expect to see
them make changes to try and get every dollar out of it they can.
As sales drop it would seem likely that they would concentrate on the
higher films that are selling in higher volume, this may mean that at
some time in the not to distant future the selection may get pretty
thin.
Scott


Scott W

Re: Film is obselete?

Kodak owns a stake in Lucky Film Company of the People's Republic of China,
and they are already selling Kodak-branded 200 Gold negative film discreetly
marked "Made in China."
I wouldn't be surprised if Kodak eventually moved all of their film
manufacture overseas. It seems quite reasonable that they would want to
stop producing it in Rochester due to the higher cost of production here,
but it is doubtful that there are any plans to completely withdraw from the
film market, at least over the intermediate time horizon.


Jeremy

Re: Film is obselete?

If I use my 70 / 210 zoom and need to meter, I have it on my topcon super d
with it's BTL meter which I have on for the metering and then turn off.
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Starlord

Re: Film is obselete?

Probably ain't gonna' happen. Film manufacture is fairly simple. About
the worst that's likely to happen is that all the manufacturing will be
done somewhere in the third world. It'll cost a little more to have it
shipped to the good ol' USofA ( or insert whatever developed country you
happen to live in).


Pudentame

Re: Film is obselete?

One problem though. The only cameras I have that use the same battery as
the light meter are digital.


Pudentame

Re: Film is obselete?

So where can I get one of them new fangled 35mm cameras that exposes
4x5 or 8x10 sheet film?
It'd sure be a lot more convenient than luggin' my 4x5 cameras over hill
and dale.


Pudentame

Re: Film is obselete?

Pentax *ist-D has a bulb setting and I have taken 3-4 minute exposures
using it. It does however require batteries to do so.


Pudentame

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