Chelsea Burke
(K=5750) - Comment Date 4/25/2006
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Simple laws of supply and demand is what's going on. When the vast majority of consumers want something quick, easy and cheap to take pictures with, that's what the marketplace will supply. I have a nice Minolta 7000i with a couple of nice lenses, and was waiting for Minolta to bring out a consumer range digital body similar to the 10d or Rebel, but it didn't happen. They brought a prosumer model that was out of my price range and on which I was hearing endless complaints. So when I had a little windfall, I bit the bullet and bought Canon gear. That's the sad part about the technology changing so quickly in our world, just when we buy into something we like, it soon becomes obsolete. When I look at my Minolta sitting there gathering dust, I feel your pain.
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Chris Hunter
(K=25634) - Comment Date 4/25/2006
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Business' exist to make money.
When a particular line or item no longer produces a profit and becomes a liability to that company, they will most likely cut it's production.
Having started interest in photography right before the digital SLRs began to flood the prosumer and pro markets, I don't have the sentimental attachement to film and film SLR bodies that those who used them for 25+ years do. I first learned on a 35mm SLR, but quickly progressed (or regressed depending on your viewpoint) to a dSLR.
I'm interested in the convience & quality. I dont have an emotional attachment to film, but I can clearly understand those who do, and who shot with it for 20-30 years.
My opinion is that 35mm film cameras, whether PnS or SLRs, will be all but completely replaced with dSLRs and digicams.
However, for the pro market, medium & large format film cameras will still hold a decided edge for several more years, and there will be a demand for their production by a small segment of professional photographers who require absolute grain-free, tack sharp enlargements up to 3' wide.
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Chris Hunter
(K=25634) - Comment Date 4/25/2006
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Additionally, it seems that alot of people feel that the camera & film makers are abandoning them, when in fact I believe it is the end users who have abandoned film, forcing the manufactures to restructure their companies to survive in the long term.
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