Real film is not dead yet, professionals say

January 25, 2012

Source: Daily news

Kodak's filing for bankruptcy protection last week seemed like another giant step toward the grave for film photography.

The corporate implosion of one of the world's biggest manufacturers of photochemical film comes on the heels of movie developing giant Technicolor's move out of its iconic facility next to Universal City to smaller digs in Glendale last summer - and a current round of layoffs in its film stock operations.

The rapid rise in digital projection at movie theaters and electronic image capturing for films and television has obviously reduced demand for 35mm film and prints (and, to a lesser extent, the 65mm gauge used, among other things, to shoot widescreen movies).

For all the end times signifiers, though, many professionals are confident that real film is not dead yet. Some even feel that it better not be, if we want to preserve our image culture for future use.

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