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Kodak To Stop Selling Film Cameras In U.S.
MikeDataLink writes "Kodak has announced today that they are no longer going to sell or manufacture film based cameras in the USA or Europe (except for disposables) and instead concentrate on Digital cameras. It looks like consumers have spoken and film is finally going to go the way of the dinosaur."
I have a crystal ball, and I predict most replies to this story will wax romantic about how much better film is than digital.
There are already too many kids that don't get the line "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" in Outkast's "Hey Ya."
C'mon Konak, Walgreens is sold out and I still need a hundred more for the bulet-time shot in my movie!
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
So everything that gets reported must be "human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!".
I don't even know what film is.
It's that stuff that forms on the top of your pudding if it's been sitting around for a bit. And I call dibs on your film.
WWJD.... for a Klondike bar?
CDs are not good for 75-100 years as advertised in many cases.
That's why I uuencode my images, take them to a machine shop, and punch them out on mylar tape! Sure, I needed to fill the garage to store a dozen images, but I know they're going to last!
-jcr
The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
There are plenty of places on the internet that will allow you to upload a digital photo file and mail out prints to you. You don't even have to get out of your chair, as long as all you want are pictures of your desk..
Girlfriend on film is just about the right combination.
Conserve Oil, Recycle, Boycott Walmart
Next thing you know they'll stop selling flash cubes.
Ask me about my vow of silence!