When film is no longer available.

[Photo Engineer]

In the 50s or thereabouts, Silver cost about $1 / Oz. It is now probably close to $30 / Oz. So, the price of film will go up just due to the cost of starting materials. Labor likewise.

Digital is coming down due to being on a learning curve for production and innovation.

PE

 

[clayne]

Still waiting for that EMP so I can say "I told ya so!"

 

[Alexis M]

for those who speak french: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxQybr7FOQE

i feel it's far from over for film, quite the opposite.

 

[RPC]

I think the state of film and analog photography would be much worse than it is if it weren't for great internet sites like APUG and ebay. These and others will go along way to keeping analog photography alive in the future.

 

[nickrapak]

I think it will be November 19, 2037 at exactly 22:46:13 EST.

 

[wblynch]

Ironically it is Electronic Enlargers (scanners) that is keeping film alive. Yet we are not allowed to speak of that here.

 

[Old-N-Feeble]

Ironically it is Electronic Enlargers (scanners) that is keeping film alive. Yet we are not allowed to speak of that here.

:munch:

 

[Athiril]

In the 50s or thereabouts, Silver cost about $1 / Oz. It is now probably close to $30 / Oz. So, the price of film will go up just due to the cost of starting materials. Labor likewise.

Digital is coming down due to being on a learning curve for production and innovation.

PE

The trend looks like it may drop back to 2005-2009 ($10/oz) prices over some time though.

Also people shoot a lot more Fujichrome than they did Ektachrome.

The only people I've seen or heard of shooting Ektachrome have been a couple students playing with EBX sold in stores.

Everyone that shoots chrome has been shooting Velvia, with a side amount of Provia, for as long as I can remember.

 

[RonaldD]

I'm from Ontario.
GOT IT
Ronald

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

Athiril is right, we chrome shooters will only use Velvia (for punch and Ilfochroming, in a past-tense sense) or Provia for neutral contrast. And still heaps and heaps of Velvia, Provia and other Fuji chrome films are being consumed (and I believe E6 processing demand is rising now). I don't foresee any danger now or in the future to the availability of chrome film. Think along the lines of the guy at IBM who declared, "I think there's a world market for perhaps 5 computers...".

 

[IloveTLRs]

I'm guessing that more than a few people on APUG have friends, etc. that like bringing old cameras back to life: cameras from flea markets, junk shops, etc. I think those people are important to the film market, as they keep film going too, don't they?

 

[DREW WILEY]

Here's how you determine the correct answer : go to Yucatan and make paper rubbings over the Mayan calendar stone. Bring it back here and run it through a paper shredder. Reassemble in a big
ball in a cement mixer like paper mache. Run over it with one of the highway asphalt rollers. Place in
your damn scanner and see what it says. The result will probably be more accurate than any BS you
might read elsewhere.

 

[Roger Cole]

Athiril is right, we chrome shooters will only use Velvia (for punch and Ilfochroming, in a past-tense sense) or Provia for neutral contrast. And still heaps and heaps of Velvia, Provia and other Fuji chrome films are being consumed (and I believe E6 processing demand is rising now). I don't foresee any danger now or in the future to the availability of chrome film. Think along the lines of the guy at IBM who declared, "I think there's a world market for perhaps 5 computers...".

I just wish they'd bring back Astia. (And yes, folks who are about to tell me it's not gone, it IS, it has been discontinued, but is still readily available in 120 and 4x5 from existing stock. Try to find some in 35mm in the US though.) Even Provia is just too contrasty for many occasions for my tastes. I switched to E100G when Astia was discontinued and I really like it too but now...at least it's still readily available. I'm slowly buying a stock that will last a while, anyway.

 

[Hatchetman]

I'm one of the few who prefers Kodak slide film. That way there will be plenty for me in the next few years.

 

[Roger Cole]

I'm one of the few who prefers Kodak slide film. That way there will be plenty for me in the next few years.

Huh? You do realize that Kodak has canceled ALL still transparency films?

 

[Hatchetman]

Huh? You do realize that Kodak has canceled ALL still transparency films?

Yes, but since nobody else is using it, there will be plenty left for me.

 

[BrianShaw]

Good luck with that plan.

 

[Hatchetman]

I stopped by Helix, which I believe has the largest film supply in Chicago. They had no Kodak transparency film of any form.

 

[BrianShaw]

I ran into a similar stiuation with Plus-X. I thought I knew the last source of it (or at least ONE of hte last sources) -- a local shop that had loads of it. The next week it was all gone. Rumor has it that it will appear on ebay at hugely marked up prices.

 

[Roger Cole]

Yes, but since nobody else is using it, there will be plenty left for me.

Ah. Well I am so we can both get some. I'm mostly buying up E100G in 35mm.

 

[Hatchetman]

Ah. Well I am so we can both get some. I'm mostly buying up E100G in 35mm.

That will work well as I prefer the Elite Chrome. That stuff is sooo good on the big screen.

 

[Roger Cole]

That will work well as I prefer the Elite Chrome. That stuff is sooo good on the big screen.

Humm, haven't tried that but it is a bit cheaper. I need to try it. I loved Astia and went to E100G once I could no longer get that. I like E100VS slightly better than Velvia when I want over the top saturation (not that often) but not enough to have a huge preference. They're both too contrasty and too saturated for me most of the time.