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?

I now own only one camera with a battery in it and that's my Topcon Super D,
but guess what? I shot with my handheld light meters most of the time.
That's how this 30 year old meuc battery has lasted. The rest of my cameras
don't use batterys in any form and I've been able to use them not only in
the 100F day of the summer in the High mojave Desert, but during winter when
it's down to 15F I've used them just fine there too.
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Starlord

Re: Film is obselete?

Who needs a spot meter? I've got two meters which read the whole sean and
give me a reading, and no, they make their own power.
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There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the
universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the
Egyptians, or the Toltechs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be
brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the
heavens.
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html
about a camera without a built-in light meter?


Starlord

Re: Film is obselete?

of
that
old
Wista's,
failure, or just stop, or wait till the battery goes dead, or what?
Bob Hickey


Bob Hickey

Re: Film is obselete?

No, but spelling is.
...


Doug Robbins

Re: Film is obselete?

Unless you intend to shoot on a deserted island, or in sub-arctic climate,
how is a fully mechanical camera more valuable than one with a meter and an
electronic shutter?


Jeremy

Re: Film is obselete?

In article <aeo1m293itbs1dsnc0dr5kg9f8upcljk5j@4ax.com>,
What's so great about a camera without a built-in light meter?
I'd rather take a set of spare batteries then bring a spot meter.
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That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it
could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done
by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make.
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Philip@ue.aioy.eu (Philip Homburg)

Re: Film is obselete?

In article <xl%7h.857$sf5.127@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
Wow, Nikon made its first mostly post-modern film camera in 1978.
--
That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it
could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done
by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make.
-- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency


Philip@ue.aioy.eu (Philip Homburg)

Re: Film is obselete?

I have a 2 year old film camera that does not use any batteries. No built in
light meter, no auto-anything, 100% mechanical.
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Now I can do what I enjoy: Large Format Photography
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David Starr

Re: Film is obselete?

Not very likly, and I just won an ebay aution for a Voigtlander Bessamatic
which means I've added one more film camera to use.
This makes number 4 in my lineup.
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There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the
universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the
Egyptians, or the Toltechs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be
brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the
heavens.
The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond
Telescope Buyers FAQ
http://home.inreach.com/starlord
Sidewalk Astronomy
www.sidewalkastronomy.info
The Church of Eternity
http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html


Starlord

Re: Film is obselete?

Film variety is lower, but in the better stores that means better films.
Developing rates are dropping. So find a reasonably busy place that has
enough film dev business that their machines are upkept and chemicals
are fresh.
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