Re: [photo-3d] Re: in a hurry photography (caution: contains strong opinion)

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Davis wrote:

> The days are numbered for all types of film.  Anyone shoot home movies
> anymore?  You can still get home movie film, I think, but it's a real
> specialty item.  With digital cameras becoming ever cheaper and better,
> film will go the same way.  My guess is within 5 years, film will be hard
> to find.  It's already hard to find slide film.

I think that'll take much longer.  Even if 16 Megapixel digital cameras
using the new CCD Kodak is starting to sell to outside vendors were to
sell for $100, that still wouldn't kill film.

I agree with the outcome, but unless there is a breakthrough (which
could happen) it'll take much longer for the paradigm to change.

There is a system-cost as well.  The per-unit cost for prints,
which most people use I think, is incredibly cheap, especially
at Costco where it's something like single-digit cents per print
(4"x6").  Even taking into account wanting to print only a few
from a roll, digital prints ease-to-get and cost doesn't match
film even closely.  How many people (other than us nerds) want
to look at our images on a computer screen?  Worse than fussing
with stereo!  :-(

It'll take quite a while for these system problems to go way, 
I think.

Mike K.