Film has never quit making good pictures. I believe that film makes better photograhy skills because of the tendency to make every shot count. Although I enjoy digital very much I also enjoy film as a distinct medium. Artists don't just paint on canvas and they don't all use oils.
Briefly comment on your reaction to Kodak's announcement of a new color negative film.
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I teach photography at the College of So. MD (CSM) and teach my digital students that shooting film and then scanning in the slides or negs is a preferred way to capture fine detail. I'm glad Kodak is still giving us new, better film.
In the fall of 1999, I took a course at Maine Photographic Workshops, led by David Middleton. He was so impressed with the color saturation I obtained with Kodak 100VS film that it prompted him to include a mention of this film along side of the Fuji film that for years had been a professional's standard. I use 100VS to this day.
Hard to believe that the 35mm film format of this color negative will find a market. Medium and large format sizes may still find a market, but it is hard to imagine myself purchasing any more 35mm film for my Nikon 35mm film cameras. They have not just taken a back seat, but have exited the bus entirely and gone into the museum......
I own both digital and film cameras. The film cameras do things digital cannot as of yet and I have no trouble seeing image through the camera. The 35mms are not battery " hogs" either as many digitals can be and loose power at an inconvenient time. There is space for both and film will probably remain in use as vinyl phonograph discs have.
Digital cameras have gotten so good, along with the editing software, that I rarely even think of film anymore. If I want a certain "look" that one of my old films or lenses delivered, I only have to tweak a few settings on my DSLR and slightly adjust my Photoshop work-flow. I do not miss the "wet" darkroom or waiting for slides to come back, only to be scanned for inkjet printing anyway.
Sadly, film left me. On vacation in 2003, I dropped off some film to be processed at what had been a reputable photo processor. Only the tech who normally ran the mini-lab was also on vacation. Ruined film, ruined vacation, create one digital convert.