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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
05-31-2018, 02:31 PM
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I have no idea how many Canon EOS-1v bodies Canon made and if they had a large stock of these final film bodies that were sold over the past eight years.
I wonder what the percentage would be or better yet, the actual numbers....of these film bodies vs the digital bodies they cranked out in enormous numbers ? Really how much of a market is there ...in this digital age...for either new or used film bodies ?
I like using my film bodies and I also like using hand held light meters, but photographers like me are not 'normal' :D...at best we're probably regarded as 'eccentric'. ;)
A couple of years ago I bought a new hand held light meter, a Sekonic L-398 Studio Master. I ordered it in from Sekonic through the camera store...as it is not something the dealer carries in normal stock. Kind of the same process I use when getting new Pentax equipment. :lol:
Come to think of it, I can't recall the last time I saw a new film body of any manufacturer in stock at the couple of dealers I frequent. BTW, there's only a couple in my city left to frequent, but that's another story.
I don't think I would order a new film body, but then I am very fortunate to have a couple of very fine camera bodies to use, when shooting film.
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Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals
05-31-2018, 09:30 AM
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A sign of the times, as Canon shuts down production of it's last film camera. I don't know if any other camera manufacturer still makes film cameras, I know Pentax doesn't.
Just thinking back in 2006 I got my first digital camera a Panasonic with a Leica lens, or so Panasonic indicated. I didn't like digital at first and really had difficulty converting to digital from film. The big change came when my wife and I were on a bush plane trip to see a remote lake where her grandfather..a well known bush pilot in the 1920's to 1940's had emergency landed in 1931 and survived for two weeks, before he was rescued..in the dead of winter. But that's another story and a fascinating one if I do say so myself. :D
Anyways I was impressed by the digital's instant ability to display pictures, the ease of transferring to the computer to look at and the ability to make only the pictures I wanted...and of course I didn't have to buy film anymore. Don't get me wrong I do have film cameras and still use them, but for awhile I've felt that digital is here to stay and film...I'm not so sure.
Canon discontinuing their last film camera is significant to photographers, Canon and does make me wonder how long new film will be made and available.
http://http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0004478492
Adam , I know this particular area id Pentax news and rumors, so I've probably placed this thread in the wrong place. I wasn't sure where to put it.
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