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Originally Posted by merlin8r
The decline of 35mm film isn't soley the responsibilty of digital. Back in the mid 90's the film companies and the camera companies colluded into forcing the masses into using the dreadful APS system. The irony is they knew full well that digital was coming, but decided to start rolling back the production of 35mm film. Many of the companies are now paying the price for their forcefullness.
Clear skies,
Shane
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That's a good point Shane. Another problem is that amateurs seem to always want to use the same gear as pro's regardless of what they're trying to achieve. So when pro's started going digital several years ago so did many amateurs but they neglected to realise the difference in image quality. The pro's were more worried about getting their photo's in for the next mornings paper than getting the best quality image. Most of us want our images to be a bit better quality than what you see in a newspaper.
Another problem in Australia was Kodaks dominance in the film market, or Fuji's lack of interest in Australia. I use a fair bit of film and I wouldn't use Kodak unless I was paid to, it's completely inferior to Fuji for what I do (that's my opinion only!!). If Fuji slide film was as easy to buy and get processed as Kodak was I think there would be more people using it, such as it is in the USA.