Originally posted by cobbu2 As film popularity increases, the infrastructure available to support it has yet to catch up, if it already isn't. Repair options for many popular film camera brands are limited in both expertise and parts. Repair persons (with the exception of Leica) are getting older and the knowledge needs to be passed down and enlarged if the trend continues with only 40-50+ year-old equipment available. Also, unless one lives in a major metropolitan area or processes at home, access to C-41 and especially E-6 processing is also constrained.
I guess my question is, at what point can the film resurgence continue until something, whether it be increased service and processing availability or new products/facilities, gives?
I suspect the economics of the whole affair will end it...
We'll get to the point where there are few working, readily available, reasonably priced used cameras floating around that aren't in collections.
The number of people who are willing to pay for a new, high quality film camera will be small, and eventually utilization will drop off.
It will stop being cool...
It will not come back as anything but a high-end specialty thing...
I'd be happy to be wrong...
-Eric