35mm will they stop processing it soon?

<p>A new Rite-Aid Pharmacy just opened up in my town and they are developing my negatives and scanning them to a CD for $2.28 a roll, regardless of exposures. No prints of course.</p>

<p>Marvin<br>

You have a point there but from what I can see from the cassettes I get from the 1 hour labs. I use them to bulk roll, is that most of their processing is from one use cameras.<br>

There are plenty of older cameras out there and at a fraction of the cost they were when they were new. I just today shot with a Minolta SRT 100 and a Nikon N90. Those 2 cameras were pretty far apart in years yet they both work fine.<br>

Too bad no one is making new film cameras and extending the line but there are many cameras and lenses out there that will keep working as long as they get exercise for a real long time.</p>

<p>Larry<br>

I also have 2 X700 Minolta cameras and Maxxum 9000 that I use also. I just picked up a set of extension tubes on ebay for my X700 for 3.99 plus shipping. You are right there are bargans out there on film cameras. I also use the Bronica ETRSi medium format cameras but they like the Minolta are not being made any more.</p>

<p>Yes so we will just have to use what all the other people don't want to use. :-)</p>

<p>The film will continue to be processed but there are two stages to it. First the film processing might increase in prices as many processors are going to the bin. However Printing Prices continue to face downward pressure and digital photos require printing. Once the Film is processed it can be easily digitised and printed. The total of both the processes might still remain reasonable.</p>

<p>I personally feel that film is going to start coming back. The fact is that you just can't get the same depth out of a digital camera. Also, large format photographers will find film LF equipment and cameras to be vastly cheaper than digital ones, new digital LF cameras were going for upwards of 30 grand last time i checked. you can get a decent film 4x5 for probably 100 bucks on ebay now a days. (i got my cambo LF for free, with 2 bellows, 2 lenses (schneider and graphlex optar), 2 lens boards, and 7 double sided film holders. But, in fine art photograpy, film will always be there, and im hoping, and thinking, that it will become a sort of prestige thing. I mean, sally mann still uses glass plates, so i think film will stick for a while, as long as there is a market for it. <br>

just my thoughts, but i probably don't know what im talking about. </p>

<p>Also I don't think you can get this from digital. Rollei Retro 80s film is what I remember film like in my head.<br>

<img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1278/4610118662_0c3c2c7061_b.jpg" alt="" width="628" height="1024" /></p>

<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1031/4610118058_9953a29854_b.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="640" /></p>

<p>I was expecting some more views but the one so far is very interesting. I do agree that in the professional photography market it will remain but what about consumer photography.<br>

http://www.ipo.gov.uk/patent/p-journal/p-pdj/2006-6109.pdf</p>

<p>Sorry about the previous link it does not provide much information. This link shows new technology in the consumer photography domain.<br>

http://ns1.ipo.gov.uk/p-find-publication-getPDF.pdf?PatentNo=GB2442037&DocType=A&JournalNumber=6201</p>

<p>The prices for film processing have gone up again. </p>

<p>Just jumping in, Ritz Camera is Reopening there shops, according to there web site they will still be processing film,and with the one hour pickup time.<br>

Glenn</p>

 

<p>Didn't they announce a couple weeks ago that they were closing the remaining stores and liquidating?</p>

<p>All things change... Film is back.</p>

<p>Inasmuch as film costs relatively little to both purchase and develop in the US, it's simply not so here in New Zealand wherein, for various reasons, pretty much everything is overpriced. I live in the largest city in the country and even here, finding the handful of places that process film for anything approaching a reasonable price is near on impossible.<br>

Add this to the fact that there's just not much film variety at all, unless you use nothing but Superia 400; and what little variety there is costs. Ilford HP5? Assuming you can find it (I know of only one place that sells the stuff), it's $25 a roll.<br>

I could, of course, buy film from the US, where it costs a pittance in comparison, but shockingly high shipping costs make it unsustainable in the long run. Digital, here at least, really is the more sensible option.</p>