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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · It's not the camera companies that will kill film ... | |
Andre Labonte wrote:
... Not so with film photography ... while Nikon still makes film bodies, and used film bodies will last decades, it may well be that the film to fill them will no longer be available before long ...
Well, not so fast. I've successfully made some dry plates for my Watson & Son tailboard camera. My 1928 Bergheil came with six dry plate holders, so I could start making 6.5x9cm plates if I had to. You can even get a plate holder for a 1950s Rolleiflex. Others, even more ambitous, are into wet plate (collodion) to use in their tailboard and sliding box cameras. I thought about it because I love the look, but doing wet plate in a land that is below freezing much of the year may not be practical. And then there's the real hardcore folks doing Daguerrotypes........
I still don't think b&w film is going away in our lifetime. It's relatively easy to make, there's a market for it, and there are plenty of small scale manufacturers.
Kent in SD
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