Comments on: Is film dead?

By: Benjamin Dizdarevic

Benjamin Dizdarevic — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:02:05 +0000

This is a really good question that I have been exploring for about a year now. Remember the time that Tarantino personally invested money so that he could prevent the bankrupcy of Kodak? Well, that says it all. I found a man in Bosnia that is desperately trying to save the 35 by going from city to city, on his own expense, and screens films to audiences for free. The problem is, nobody wants to show. On his last screening, only two people showed up… I made a documentary film about this man’s passion and I think it clearly answers the question whether or not 35 is dead. You can view the trailer here: https://www.facebook.com/rezdocumentary/?pnref=story

By: Rob Mcdaniel

Rob Mcdaniel — Wed, 01 May 2013 09:18:19 +0000

While they have shifted the vast majority of their product lines to digital, major camera manufacturers such as Canon and Nikon continue to make expensive professional-grade 35 mm film SLRs (such as the Canon EOS-1v and the Nikon F6 ). Introductory 35 mm SLRs, compact film point-and-shoot cameras, and single-use cameras continue to be built and sold by a number of makers. Leica finally introduced the digital Leica M8 rangefinder in 2007, but continues to make its M series rangefinder film cameras and lenses. A digital camera back for the Leica R9 SLR camera was discontinued in 2007. On March 25, 2009, Leica discontinued the R9 SLR and R-series lenses.