Subject: 9 Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime!

DaFiz

10... Film & my job. ☹
A career in the printing industry, specialising in film. From colour separations on a galley camera to the scanning of transparencies.
Over a period of 30 years it has dwindled until film is now totally obsolete. I might as well be shovelling coal in a steam train. :-[

lindsmuse

Funny you should say that - I used to hand paint huge textile designs on high quality board which would be sent to and scanned at the textile printers. And colourways. Hundreds. All gone. What's more is I don't even have the proof I did it - cause who wanted to take pics at that price! And there wasn't a handy little scanner around either ...

There are some things that I wish would disappear ...

Bad, congested roads.
Crap tin openers - forever.
Wiring - I want a wireless existence
Coat hangers. I hate coat hangers - they get tangled.

I heard they're bringing out glasses that read which lens your eyes will be needing for whichever purpose and some how adjust accordingly. Pretty neat. So away with multifocals and all the spare pairs of glasses!

singemonkey

DaFiz wrote 10... Film & my job. ☹
A career in the printing industry, specialising in film. From colour separations on a galley camera to the scanning of transparencies.
Over a period of 30 years it has dwindled until film is now totally obsolete. I might as well be shovelling coal in a steam train. :-[

In your job I won't disagree. But film is still, at this point, used a lot in fashion photography - especially in Japan. Not everyone likes the icy digital skin-tones we've been seeing in magazines, and it's low cost for high quality with the medium format cameras they use, and it reduces the work load after shooting.

But that too will fade out. But film lives on as a hobbyist's and artist's medium and is unlikely to ever disappear. Already some famous stocks have been bought by niche companies - a trend which I'm sure will continue. One day Kodak will stop making Tri-X. But some small company will make Tri-X. And people like me will use it 'til we die ?

makepeace

singemonkey wrote
DaFiz wrote 10... Film & my job. ☹
A career in the printing industry, specialising in film. From colour separations on a galley camera to the scanning of transparencies.
Over a period of 30 years it has dwindled until film is now totally obsolete. I might as well be shovelling coal in a steam train. :-[
In your job I won't disagree. But film is still, at this point, used a lot in fashion photography - especially in Japan. Not everyone likes the icy digital skin-tones we've been seeing in magazines, and it's low cost for high quality with the medium format cameras they use, and it reduces the work load after shooting.

But that too will fade out. But film lives on as a hobbyist's and artist's medium and is unlikely to ever disappear. Already some famous stocks have been bought by niche companies - a trend which I'm sure will continue. One day Kodak will stop making Tri-X. But some small company will make Tri-X. And people like me will use it 'til we die ?

agreee ?

Wizard

singemonkey wrote But that too will fade out. But film lives on as a hobbyist's and artist's medium and is unlikely to ever disappear. Already some famous stocks have been bought by niche companies - a trend which I'm sure will continue. One day Kodak will stop making Tri-X. But some small company will make Tri-X. And people like me will use it 'til we die ?

Memories of blackened bathrooms; tricky film developer wind-on spools; smell of chemicals; watching the picture appearing under the red light in the developer solution; ...

When I was 16 my father pulled out a bunch of Tri-X film rolls that he'd taken 15 years before and had assumed were all ruined.
We spent a weekend developing and printing them - they were all perfect.

Jack-Flash-Jr

Wizard wrote
singemonkey wrote But that too will fade out. But film lives on as a hobbyist's and artist's medium and is unlikely to ever disappear. Already some famous stocks have been bought by niche companies - a trend which I'm sure will continue. One day Kodak will stop making Tri-X. But some small company will make Tri-X. And people like me will use it 'til we die ?
Memories of blackened bathrooms; tricky film developer wind-on spools; smell of chemicals; watching the picture appearing under the red light in the developer solution; ...

When I was 16 my father pulled out a bunch of Tri-X film rolls that he'd taken 15 years before and had assumed were all ruined.
We spent a weekend developing and printing them - they were all perfect.

This is what kills me about digital... Full HD TV? Woohoo, cinema can't beat that. Digital projection in cinemas, woohoo, much easier to transport. EXCEPT, nothing is higher-res than good old film - I hate digitally filmed high budget movies - you couldn't afford a real camera? Worst is when directors/editors cut between film and digital and pretend we won't notice.

Renesongs

I Opened a new bank account about 10 years ago, they call it a cheque account but I have never bothered to collect a cheques book. I was looking around the house at all the space consumed by book cases, filing cabinets, notice Boards CD, Tape and Vinyl collections and I thought how empty this place would be if I threw away the stuff I don't use anymore. Books and vinyl are the things that I am most sentimentally attached to although I have to confess the last three books I have read have been epub's even though I had the hard copies in my possession. :-[

singemonkey

Jack Flash Jr wrote
Wizard wrote
singemonkey wrote But that too will fade out. But film lives on as a hobbyist's and artist's medium and is unlikely to ever disappear. Already some famous stocks have been bought by niche companies - a trend which I'm sure will continue. One day Kodak will stop making Tri-X. But some small company will make Tri-X. And people like me will use it 'til we die ?
Memories of blackened bathrooms; tricky film developer wind-on spools; smell of chemicals; watching the picture appearing under the red light in the developer solution; ...

When I was 16 my father pulled out a bunch of Tri-X film rolls that he'd taken 15 years before and had assumed were all ruined.
We spent a weekend developing and printing them - they were all perfect.

This is what kills me about digital... Full HD TV? Woohoo, cinema can't beat that. Digital projection in cinemas, woohoo, much easier to transport. EXCEPT, nothing is higher-res than good old film - I hate digitally filmed high budget movies - you couldn't afford a real camera? Worst is when directors/editors cut between film and digital and pretend we won't notice.

Well technically digital can, has, and will get higher resolution than film. The problem is that it doesn't scale as nicely. And the current systems in cinemas are way below what film is capable of. So what I really object to is paying full price to see a film in the cinema, and then (without being told) seeing a film screened on their 1080P projector - which would be great for a home system, but is pathetic quality compared to a celluloid print at the cinema. Top cinemas in the US and Europe are starting to get 4K resolution projectors. But I still have little doubt that the colour and dynamic range won't be up to what traditional projectors give.

Averatu

deefstes wrote Huh! Are you saying Africa will disappear in our lifetime? ???

? ? ?

With all the wars and k*k going on in Africa, it would not surprise me. Botswana and RSA the only countries I would think of calling stable.
Change is inevitable. A century ago you only had acoustic instruments.

majestikc

lindsmuse wrote 6. Music
This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who would like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates are simply self-destructing. Over 40% of the music purchased today is "catalogue items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book, "Appetite for Self-Destruction" by Steve Knopper, and the video documentary, "Before the Music Dies."

I think a LARGE portion of the blame has to be put towards the musicians making the so called music as well, there is a LOT of music being put out now that is just not worth even listening to, ripp-offs of ripp-offs etc.

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