snegron
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I thought I would never have to say this, but yes, film is dead. No, I am not trolling ( I still have my collection of Nikon film cameras including S2 Rangefinder F, F2A, F3HP, FM2N, F100, N80, and a few Mamiya medium format cameras). The reason why film is dead (IMO) is because the film processing labs have killed it. Good labs are either very, very difficult to find , or they are very expensive. Most local labs are butchering negatives in ever-growing numbers.
What really agravates me is that years ago (1980's and 1990's) even mom & pop corner drug store minilabs produced great results with low-tech processing machines. Now corner drug stores and smaller specialty labs have state of the art developing machines but produce really mediocre results. Maybe this is a result of low grade scanning of negatives prior to print, or maybe the aloof lab techs are not putting any interests in the job that they do. I don't know. Alll I can say is that I still have negatives and prints from those days that are more vibrant, better IQ, superior colors, sharpness, etc., than anything I have seen in the past 12 or so years.
Labs have declined in quality, therefore, people don't see better results with film. So, it doesn't make sense to go through all the trouble of taking pictures with a great Nikon with a fantastic Nikkor lens when you will ony get muddy, pixelated, bland prints from your local lab.
As far as getting an F5, I agree that it is probably one of the best 35mm cameras ever made, but it would be like buying a Ferrari when you live in a place that doesn't sell gasoline anymore!
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