Paul… err no… Film is dead

It’s been close to six years since these puppies have seen the light of day. My old film cameras are finally sold to the second hand store. I think they will be used as an artificial reef in a fish tank or some other eco-proper application. The rolls of film which kept them company have an expiration of 2003. I guess the film gods were optimistic. Reports of film’s demise have not been exaggerated. Yes… there are a few diehards still using emulsion technology (do 8-track tapes still exist?). Of course, in order to get a print made they have to scan the negatives to create a digital file then print from that. What’s the point? The point is they have now made a second generation copy from the original. Not unlike making a tape recording of a tape. It gets degraded on each copy. Don’t get me wrong. I grew up with film and a wet darkroom. In my opinion, there is no better method by which photographic, technical know-how is achieved. Film… you have my gratitude.

As I pack these corpses of camera bodies, film spools and pressure plates for the journey to their final resting place, I bid them adieu.

“Film is dead… miss em’, miss em’ miss em” (Beatles fans will get that one)