[alt-photo] Re: "sustainable market for film"

[BOB KISS]

DEAR RYUJI,
	Why do many Europeans shoot color neg film then scan to digital
files?  My guess is that color neg film is very forgiving, can handle the
strong spot lighting (SBR) that they like, and has a forgiving
latitude...not like the Kodachrome 25 and E-6 film on which I cut my
professional teeth in the mid 70s.  It also renders skin tones and texture
very subtly.    
	If you switch to Mount Gay rum make CERTAIN that you get the Extra
Old.  The Mount Gay Eclipse rum is a headache in a bottle.  There is a new
locally made rum on the market that is triple distilled and very
smoooooooooooooooth.  When I can remember the name I will send it along.  
		CHEERS!
			BOB

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Subject: [alt-photo] Re: "sustainable market for film"

From: "BOB KISS" <bobkiss at caribsurf.com>
Subject: [alt-photo] Re: "sustainable market for film"
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:21:59 -0400

> 	It is nothing to shoot hundreds of thousands of feet of film to make
> one movie.  Until this dries up there will be some form of film being
made.

As another example, look at 8mm and 16mm films. They are still
supplied by Fujifilm and others. 8mm film was quickly killed
in the consumer market by electronic video equipment but the
film is still available. But in order to do it, users are
forming some sort of a film co-op and making bulk purchases
directly from the manufacturer.

This is another reason why inefficiency of current
distribution and retail system is the weak point in the
current film photography industry.

> 	On my trip to Paris in Dec 2008 (to attend the FIE
> congress-I am a fencing coach) I was amazed to see how many
> European commercial/advertising/fashion photographers
> insisted on shooting film, mostly medium format, then
> scanning their choices on order to Frotoshop and FTP files
> to the magazines and clients.

Why do you think that is?

By the way, I finished my last bottle of Rhum Barbancourt last
month, and I'm thinking about changing. For relaxing times,
make it Mt Gay time.

--
Ryuji Suzuki
"Don't play what's there, play what's not there." (Miles Davis)
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