Is the film camera dead? Discussion and poll.

**ankhor** · 12 June 2006, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by Llamaboy

Digital cameras are the way of the future, and for my generation, they are definately the ones.

But...

There will always be film veterans and their heir, so I think film will live on, but when it comes to the future and technology, there is nothing better than binary.

Yep somewhere out there, there will be somebody using glassplates
to take their pictures, but I don`t think many will still use it

**ankhor** · 12 June 2006, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by bill h

There r millions of old & new 35mm cameras around the world. Do U rally think with film cameras still being sold It is possable to stop making film?

Yes and it is happening. Ofcourse some niche market companies
will still make film, but the mass production will dwindle and already is
dwindling. And I know poeple who oen a photo shop and they don`t sell
many regular camera`s anymore. They mainly switched towards digital
camera`s.

Unregistered · 12 June 2006, 11:29 PM

Yeah, DEAD. That it is....What if twenty years ago, somebody would have told you that we'd all be able to take a photo, view it instantly, delete it at the push of a button and take another one and another and another, don't like it? well bin it! Or take one photo, cut out the best part and paste it on to another photo or a more pleasing background...The imagination knows no bound!
That's why i love computer graphics: i was able to put my boyfriend's head into space! And then animate it!!
It's really marvelous that all this is put in the hands of us the little people, we don't have to be rich or famous to play with our boyfriend's heads.
What a brillant time to be alive!!

Danylee1000

**nukacola** · 01 August 2006, 12:15 PM

hey guys what are you talking about?

for some reasons some people said that its dead just only because THEY USE DIGITAL! digital cameras made for lazy photographers, who doesn skilled right. THE BEST photographers were in 1920-30ss because the photographers work was fully manual including manual developing of the photography! the people who works with digital photography, well most of them simply DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DEVELOP A PHOTO!!! i think thats the shame for photogrhapher. I`m mad! Thats actually a rediciolous poll.

i think that photographers who can only shoot digital - they are dumb. photography is not a computer process. That only different techniques of photography and digital is much simplier.

the best photos i`ve seen was made by film cameras. the best quality is film cameras.

digital is lame!
AND FILM CAMERAS WILL NEVER DIE!

**parahandy** · 01 August 2006, 07:39 PM

I remember when people said that about the advent of the motor car versus the horse and cart.( Big Grin.)

**MarciaB** · 25 August 2006, 09:35 PM

I completely agree with Terry. I'm sooo happy with my super digid camerade...
For profs its maybe different though...But they can use both. I think that you can use whatever there comes your way and can help you, old things and new.

**ankhor** · 27 August 2006, 02:29 PM

Originally Posted by parahandy

I remember when people said that about the advent of the motor car versus the horse and cart.( Big Grin.)

Well, if the prices for gasoline keep going the way they are, we
might be going back to horse and carts.

**joroho** · 27 August 2006, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by antimix

I have still my old parents 1912 photos, that still exist, and survived to a world war...
I wonder what will remain of our JPG photos, CD and HDs in year 2102.....

Antimix,
This statement is not an argument for the advantage of film over digital because you´re comparing a printout from film to a digital image which has not been printed.

For what it´s worth, I say that film has gone to the obsolete bin along with the audio cassette.

.joroho.

**costy81gl** · 13 September 2006, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by antimix

I have still my old parents 1912 photos, that still exist, and survived to a world war...
I wonder what will remain of our JPG photos, CD and HDs in year 2102.....

Last year I made photos and movies only with my digital camera.
After 18 months of using my digital camera, my hard-disk crashed and I lost all my photos.

If you have a digital camera, don't ever forget to make backups.

Unregistered · 14 September 2006, 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by antimix

I wonder what will remain of our JPG photos, CD and HDs in year 2102

Lots of people lost their precious photos in a fire, flooding or any other catastrophe. The point I'm trying to make is; digital or traditional photos, survival is only guaranteed by the owner. The only difference is the different approaches needed to guarantee their survival.