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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."
While digital may be convenient, and a lot of people aren't perceptive enough to tell the difference, there really IS a difference. Digital cannot yet meet the quality of film, and I really doubt it ever will.
Nor would I trust long term digital storage, CDr's wont last 40 years.. nor will tape. I still have properly stored negatives that are as pristine as the day they were developed.
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I couldn't agree more.
For day to day photography and the average consumer, digital is the way to go.
However, for more "artistic" photography, film is a great way to go. It's not just about the actual taking of the pictures, but also the developing of the film and the enlarging of prints. I for one enjoy the process, and it takes quite a bit more skill than just dumping the pictures into Photoshop and adjusting brightness/contrast, levels and colors and whatnot. It's also quite a bit more hands on, which I like. It's also quite a bit more expensive in the long run (cost of film, paper, developing chemicals, enlarging equipment, etc), which is why digital is superior for your average pictures of say, parties, family gatherings, and the like.
I am however, waiting for the price of the digital SLR cameras to go down in price, as now that I am not in school, I don't have access to a darkroom and all the enlarging equipment/chemicals. I have a Canon AT1, and all the lenses I have would be compatible with the Canon EOS Rebel Digital. Just more cost efficient, even though I'd lose the fun of developing and enlarging, but I'm sure more serious photographers would gladly take the cost hit to develop and enlarge.
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Actually, no you can't, at least not anymore with Photoshop CS (the latest version) which contains technology to stop this very thing from happening.
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