That tells me that minilabs are dying, not that film is dying. Of course here in Boone if the mass marketer's minilabs all die you better have a darkroom of your own because that is all that there is. However, traditionally (before the photography boom of the 60's and 70's) people in the boondocks had to send their film out for processing anyway, so things can be said to be just returning to normal.
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Henri Toivonen wrote:
Something that is dying/already dead is consumer color negative film. I work at a smallish minilab and development is down like, 70%.
A couple of years ago, a good day we got in 30 rolls. A good day today is like over 5 rolls.
I'm not sure how long we will be able to stay in business, because this is not looking good.
To make things worse, people don't buy their cameras in a shop anymore. They come to the shop, look at the cameras, touch and feel and ask questions, then they say straight out that they will go home and order one from the net because it's alot cheaper.
/HEnri
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