Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - NON-Digital Cameras aren't dead yet !

jrc · 01-08-2006, 11:40 PM

Last year I sent weeks transferring grandpa's super 8 (film) movies to DVD. There are very few sources for consumer movie film. His fancy projector lost the now obsolete lamp. Luckily, the cheap project lamp overlaps with some modern use. There is still a lot of commercial use of 16 and 35 mm movie film but a lot more movies are going digital.

This year I transfered dad's VHS tapes to DVD. I had to do it before our last VCR dies. Still haven't decided what to do with the store-bought VHS library. I think analog magnetic media doesn't have much life left.

The next big transition will be analog TV. As of March 2007 all new TV's must have digital. I'm thinking this may also be the death of the CRT.

As final thought, Kodak announnced the end of their BW film production. These films are of course only used by artists and photographers, they will probably be last users of color film as well.

01-08-2006, 11:40 PM	#5
jrc Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NH Posts: 2,689 Thanks: 33 Thanked 439 Times in 249 Posts	All our comfortable analog technologies are dying Last year I sent weeks transferring grandpa's super 8 (film) movies to DVD. There are very few sources for consumer movie film. His fancy projector lost the now obsolete lamp. Luckily, the cheap project lamp overlaps with some modern use. There is still a lot of commercial use of 16 and 35 mm movie film but a lot more movies are going digital. This year I transfered dad's VHS tapes to DVD. I had to do it before our last VCR dies. Still haven't decided what to do with the store-bought VHS library. I think analog magnetic media doesn't have much life left. The next big transition will be analog TV. As of March 2007 all new TV's must have digital. I'm thinking this may also be the death of the CRT. As final thought, Kodak announnced the end of their BW film production. These films are of course only used by artists and photographers, they will probably be last users of color film as well.