jamesdak Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 I had lunch the other day with my friend who's a space alien from planet Cibachrome and he told me he heard a rumor that Kodak was going to quit manufacturing film. He said if that happened they where gonna take the ol' space ship and fire some laser at the Kodak factory to reduce it to a smoldering wreck! Oh yeah, and he said Elvis says Hi! Sorry everyone, I just couldn't resist. Time to get off the computer and go run some Velvia through my camera. Need to get it out of the fridge so I can buy some food, right Clinton?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmueller Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 I bet your space alien was yellow, because the green ones are keeping an eye on the Fuji factory. How do I know? Well, I am an alien myself - although not a space alien ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton_abe Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 Jim- My mailman just delivered the Summer 2005 edition of B&H's catalog. I can't wait to look at all the new film cameras.................. Hmmmm, that's funny, there's no new film cameras, only digital crap. Could it be.....FILM IS DYING?!?!?! No one wants to spend the money developing something for a dying market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conrad_poulin Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 I think there will be huge discounts! Film cameras will be sold as old stock and by the pound. Buy one get one. Bring your own bag to put em in. Or you pay a certain amount of money and you get all you can carry without a bag, like pumpkins. Sorry couldn't stop myself! Film is here to stay even if its a specialized field. Large format photography did not disappear after the availability of 35mm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unohuu Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 There is the new Nikon F6. User reports vary but amazing interface keeps coming up in discussions with Nikon-using friends. Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_woodard Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 The only one offering a new film camera, is the company that always could offer a new film camera, for copiers I stick with canon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdak Posted May 21, 2005 Author Share Posted May 21, 2005 Hmm, my recently delivered B&H catalog has plenty of film cameras in it. Maybe some people's pages in their catalog where abducted by space aliens :>) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary_woodard Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 Add-on, I understand the canon company has a new "Kiss 2" available in a variety of colors, apparently doesn't come with viewfinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_wallace2 Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 It's not that my job is bad humored... but i really had a good smile when i saw this new tread. Frank: Which color is going to attack agfa? And, since you have that rumor information, give the colour of the one's attacking ilford. Jim: If you need space to store your food give me a "call", i've plenty of space in my fridge since no film is there... it all went to the srt and the dynax. And by the way, don't aliens use 8 track magazines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_holt Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 According to information the aliens have acquired from Photo.net, it takes a 100 megapixel camera to compete with Velvia. The same source has informed the aliens that a 3 MP digital camera produces an 8x10 equivalent to a print from Kodak Gold 100. It is a true fact. The aliens have decided to incinerate our planet because human logic has been proven to be incredibly faulty, due to the fact that humans often rely on obviously skewed data in order to validate whatever object they have invested the most monetary units on. Good Day! <p> <a href="http://www.jakeholtphotography.com">jakeholtphotography.com</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_grow1 Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 ZZZZzzzzZZZZZzzzz Boy this is interesting! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fmueller Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 Richard - the space aliens responsible for Agfa are red, the ones looking after Ilford are black and white checkered. I thought this was common knowledge! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_obaldo Posted May 21, 2005 Share Posted May 21, 2005 The postman rip the pages that had any literature about film to lighten up his bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton_abe Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Jim- Did you notice the word 'new' in my post??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton_abe Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Here's an idea of how KonicaMinolta can make money for the camera division. They can sell used manual-focus cameras. Not new ones mind you as they would cost too much, but used 30 year old cameras. It seems that many of the posters on this board are stuck in the late 20th Century. So KM should cater to the old-fogeys set in their ways, looking at life with blinders on. Hell these old-fogeys refuse to even spring for a new AF 35mm camera, preferring to dig around looking for 30 years old SRTs and even Hi-Matic 7s. No wonder KM is losting money in the camera segment. I went to see Star Wars Episode III last night. There were many people in line playing with their video games. They were playing Sony PS2 and the latest Nintendo units. But, I could spot the Minolta users as the were the ones with TV plugged into the electrical outlets playing PONG and Space Invaders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike dixon Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Clinton, Maybe when people can no longer buy film or film cameras, they will recognize how pathetic and stupid they are for not accepting your proclamations. Right now, they're probably just blinded by the fact that they still have several dozen film emulsions, several dozen models of new cameras, and thousands of used cameras to choose from. Since no one seems to actually use Kodak for their film processing, they don't realize how significant your news is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 It is amazing how much new stuff about society and people are revealed through internet discussions. Someone is panicking because he has a film camera and he is afraid no one will pay anything for it when he buys a digital camera. No, probably he is not going to get a significant amount of money for it, because the second hand market is overflowing with film cameras at the time. But all the more reason to keep using film. I've used digital for a year and film for 11, and am still using more film than digital. Why would anyone sell the film SLR in exchange for a digital one eludes me. I just don't get it. Can't you Clinton see that they are different things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkka_nissila Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Also, on Popular Photography: it was never a good magazine to begin with, they just talk about mainstream stuff - like digital capture. Darkroom techniques are found in black and white magazines. Many of us who use film a lot nevertheless choose to use the computer to do darkroom work instead of a traditional darkroom, and this explains why POPULAR photography magazine doesn't talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Jim - NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY you have woken the FiD Soothsayer and he has emerged from his lair all pop guns blazing. Please all of you be aware, do not make any sensible points as you will be "wasting your sweetness on the desert air". Anybody want to buy a 9 - one going cheap I believe somewhere near here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_wallace2 Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Clinton: Don't you dare talk about space invaders! Frank: Good point! But since i use mainly b&w film i end up losing the colours... sorry! B&w digital film... warever that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdak Posted May 22, 2005 Author Share Posted May 22, 2005 Clinton my friend, I did see the work "new" in your post but I thought it was a rumor, LOL!!! To the rest of the forum: You know as I read, and yes shamefully contribute as a lark, I feel that I am on DPreview not Photo.net. We don't normally deal with such silliness here!! But, it does make for a slightly amusing weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton_abe Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Ilkka- I really don't care if I sell my film camera, I usually end up giving my old equipment away. I gave away two SRT101s (one black), and lenses, 35mmf/1.8, 58mmf/1.2, 135mm/f2.8, 300mmf/4 Rokkors, and Sigma 16mmf/2.8, when I bought my first Maxxum. And I gave away my first Maxxum. Some pieces I dumped because fungus got to them, like my 50mmf/1.4. The only piece I sold was a 24mmf/2.8, when I bought a 20mmf/2.8, but only because someone offered to buy it. I've had so many bodies that I can't remember which models, other than the SRTs and the Maxxum 9, I've owned. Then there was the time I worked for Minolta and had ALL the lenses, escept the 600, at my disposal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdak Posted May 22, 2005 Author Share Posted May 22, 2005 Well Heeeyyy, just let me know when you want to give away the Maxxum 9!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_thorlin Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Clinton - when you decide to give the 9 away may I be first in the queue - after all film is dying so you must be getting rid of it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clinton_abe Posted May 22, 2005 Share Posted May 22, 2005 Jim & Bill- If I can get my friend to give me his Maxxum 9Ti, serial #007, I mayjust give away my 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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