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I am thinking of just a couple of the many signs from manufactures that the
end is near for 35mm film.

Rollei who packages their 35mm in a coffin. or rather a wooden box, which
strikes me as just stupid.

Leica who dropped their film oriented classes.

Do you all see other conspicuous signs?

"j" <> wrote in message
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> I am thinking of just a couple of the many signs from manufactures that
> the end is near for 35mm film.
>
> Rollei who packages their 35mm in a coffin. or rather a wooden box, which
> strikes me as just stupid.
>
> Leica who dropped their film oriented classes.
>
> Do you all see other conspicuous signs?


Do you all see anyone giving a sh*t??

g n p wrote:
> Do you all see anyone giving a sh*t??

You cared enough to type that.

g n p wrote:
> "j" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > I am thinking of just a couple of the many signs from manufactures that
> > the end is near for 35mm film.
> >
> > Rollei who packages their 35mm in a coffin. or rather a wooden box, which
> > strikes me as just stupid.
> >
> > Leica who dropped their film oriented classes.
> >
> > Do you all see other conspicuous signs?
>
>
> Do you all see anyone giving a sh*t??

Wow! Seems that civility is also going by the wayside

"j" <> wrote in message
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> g n p wrote:
>> Do you all see anyone giving a sh*t??
>
> You cared enough to type that.

Sure, sure, just like my pains over horse-drawn-carriages, mono, vinyl, tape
decks, copper wire, etc...etc...
My kids saw a record player in a movie (DVD via LCD...) and could not
comprehend my explanation.
Get real, folks.

"g n p" <> wrote in message
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> "j" <> wrote in message
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>> g n p wrote:
>>> Do you all see anyone giving a sh*t??
>>
>> You cared enough to type that.
>
> Sure, sure, just like my pains over horse-drawn-carriages, mono, vinyl,
> tape decks, copper wire, etc...etc...
> My kids saw a record player in a movie (DVD via LCD...) and could not
> comprehend my explanation.
> Get real, folks.


Hey.

I have still got a Turntable as part of my Hi-Fi system, and still play
Vinyl LPs on it, and strange as it may seem, I am far from being old
fashioned.

Have you not heard that Vinyl is coming back, so 35mm Film will probably
never go away.

Roy G

In article <>, "j" <>
wrote:

> I am thinking of just a couple of the many signs from manufactures that the
> end is near for 35mm film.
>
> Rollei who packages their 35mm in a coffin. or rather a wooden box, which
> strikes me as just stupid.
>
> Leica who dropped their film oriented classes.
>
> Do you all see other conspicuous signs?

Personally, I think the rot set in when Kodak stopped selling glass
plates and moved over to that new-fangled gelatine.

In article <1159657189.294553@athprx03>,
"g n p" <> wrote:

> "j" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >
> > g n p wrote:
> >> Do you all see anyone giving a sh*t??
> >
> > You cared enough to type that.
>
> Sure, sure, just like my pains over horse-drawn-carriages, mono, vinyl, tape
> decks, copper wire, etc...etc...
> My kids saw a record player in a movie (DVD via LCD...) and could not
> comprehend my explanation.
> Get real, folks.

True enough. Some of my students (18 & 19 year old college kids) were
amazed an LP only lasted 20 minutes and you had to turn-it-over!

Over the years I've moved from reel to reel to cassettes, then to
minidisc and now an iPod. And an instamatic, via 110 to a Canon AE1 and
now to a Fuji digital.

You can still get open reel tapes, betamax video (all the pros use them)
and film will be available for many years to come.

it started two or three years ago when a diehard 35mm salesman at b&h
said he saw the signs when pros were turning in their hasselblads for
nikon/canon dslr's.



j wrote:
> I am thinking of just a couple of the many signs from manufactures that the
> end is near for 35mm film.
>
> Rollei who packages their 35mm in a coffin. or rather a wooden box, which
> strikes me as just stupid.
>
> Leica who dropped their film oriented classes.
>
> Do you all see other conspicuous signs?

j wrote:
> I am thinking of just a couple of the many signs from manufactures that the
> end is near for 35mm film.
>
> Rollei who packages their 35mm in a coffin. or rather a wooden box, which
> strikes me as just stupid.
>
> Leica who dropped their film oriented classes.
>
> Do you all see other conspicuous signs?
>
>
>
I am sure one will be able to go into just about camera store and buy a
35mm film camera for as long as I live (pushing 64), and probably
decades after that.
That said, digital is the current thing. I doubt it will crash like
digital watches did.