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Re: [OM] Medium Format vs. Digital

Subject: Re: [OM] Medium Format vs. Digital
From: "John Hudson" <13874@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 06:28:24 -0400
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From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, 28 January, 2003 02:29 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Medium Format vs. Digital


> I saw this somewhere today:
>
> > Yesterday I dropped my film off at my regular lab for processing.
> > This is one of the largest professional labs in Toronto, which is the
> > largest    city in Canada, and the country's center for advertising
> > and publishing. The    owner / manager happened to be at the counter,
> > and I asked him in passing what    the effect of digital cameras and
> > backs has been on his business. His reply    was illuminating.
> >
> > He said that they had now stopped doing C41 and B&W processing    due
> > to lack of demand and were only still processing E6 film. He said that
> > most    pros in the city were now shooting digital (studio and
> > location) and that film    was used mostly now for special
> > applications. Interesting.

There's a lot more to this story than "lack of demand". Other possibilities
are run down out of date C41 / B&W processors, lack of working capital to
invest in new equipment, string pulling by camera suppliers, etc, etc.

On its own, "lack of demand" for C41 in a city the size of Toronto is not
plausible unless of course Mel Lastman is the manager!

jh




>
> Any one with a a pro lab where they have asked the same question?
>
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