> On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Beakman wrote:
> > I still use good old-fashioned Kodak
> > Tri-X, and have absolutely no plans to stop doing so. In fact my fear is
> > that the people shooting 35mm have hastened the demise of films like Tri-X
> > in favor of T-Max films.
>
> I guess I should have been more specific -- what is disappearing even as I
> write is sheet film, or anything larger than 8x10 in sheet film,
> especially orthochromatic sheet film. These are the graphic arts films
> which are being abandoned in favor of digital methods... so today there is
> about one contone large sheet film available in this country, and it is
> imported from Europe (N31P).
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> Sheet film you are surely hastening demise of -- guilty!
Ah! The pot doth call the kettle black! At least I continue to use 8x10
sheet film, as well as 4x5 and 5x7, you.... you... user of tiny little
film full of holes! And the pain is great I tell you. O' the slow but
steady march to the grave for such a glorious and noble format as 5x7! O'
woe is me...
David