Will film be banned?

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Kino said:
I'll worry about it when it happens.

Facts and Sunlight kills most bone-headed notions.
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Have you stepped outside in the past year? Neither of those has worked for either side. I hear from one side 'Wear two masks!' and the other 'Who needs a vaccine anyways?'

Facts are meaningless. Everything is emotion these days. Film is 'chemicals'. Chemicals 'kill the planet'.

Film bad.

Ban film save manatees.

Look how moral I am. Look Look.
 

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Film has a few popular Hollywood directors on its side.
We are safe!
 

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Well this is going in predictable fashion. Needs to go to the Soapbox...
 

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The film industry removed cadmium from film when it was deemed detrimental to rivers. Radium was removed from lenses when it was realized that it was not safe. No problems with film that cannot be overcome.
 

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We live in a crazy world full of insane people. Anything can be banned for any reason!
 

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Now that movies are distributed and projected digitally and photojournalists shoot digital, film is a very minor player in the world. Nobody is going to ban it. It might get more expensive to produce, given the water used. But not banned. Get out of the bubble.
 

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It's overcast where I am right now, so maybe that's why I can't see the sky falling.
 

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Is anyone aware of the US government use of film? They and Hollywood both funded continuity of our film hobby/profession. They may still be using film for various purposes.
 

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BrianShaw said:
Is anyone aware of the US government use of film? They and Hollywood both funded continuity of our film hobby/profession. They may still be using film for various purposes.
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It's still used in reconnaissance.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...california-was-equipped-with-panoramic-camera 2021 and it mentions that some U2s still use film.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-...mbat-missions-60-years-after-debut-1528382700 2018 goes more in depth.

If you do a deep google dive you can find video of the film itself and how it's displayed.

USA liked to stockpile analog tech like film and tubes. Not sure if they still do though.
 

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This thread just shows that some people have way too much time on their hands. Go shoot film.
 

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Will coffee be banned?
Will socks be banned?
Will hot glue be banned? (Maybe it would be more orderly to open separate threads? I hope the mods will do that if we get closer to the truth on these questions that keep me up at night.)
 

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When it all devolves into “Planet of the Apes” We will be mixing our own emulsions in secret, coating our own plates, and exposing them on our homemade cameras. Oh, wait a second...
 
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On the plus side, film is used by many museums and archivers to save photo results for long storage with no worry about obsolete data storage systems. Some of the digital files I backed up on DVD's have already disappeared from the disks as they have become unreadable. EVen recovery programs haven;t helped. My old Ektachromes from 40 years ago are still perfect. And my wife's parents Kodachromes are even older.
Eklachrpomes 35 years old https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort...gs=ektachrome&user_id=55760757@N05&view_all=1
Kodachromes 50 years old https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums/72157626911395064
 

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good grief!

It appears that the conspiracy nut-jobs' imaginations know no boundaries
 

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BrianShaw said:
Is anyone aware of the US government use of film?
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HABS / HAER
it is why AZO paper existed for so long, I might be wrong but from what I remember it was Jack Boucher's favorite paper .


grain elevator said:
Will coffee be banned
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maybe. but coffee rust will probably kill off all the arabica beans first leaving only caffenol beans for us to consume
 
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I was unaware of museums archiving on film. More so the other way around, digitizing their collections. https://pixelacuity-digitaltransitions.com
 
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