> But, like B&W photographic print paper, it is
possible to still find some
> with enough searching. There don't seem to be any local sources for film
> for my still and movie cameras, other than 35mm color.
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010, Jim MacKenzie wrote:
It's around. Good photo stores still sell it
(although there are fewer and
fewer such stores). There are also plenty of mail-order establishments who
sell it.
8x10 sheet film
5x7 sheet
4x5 sheet
4x5 plates
Polaroid 55
3.25x4.25 sheet
2.25x3.25 sheet
6x9cm sheet
9x12cm sheet
220 roll
120 roll
35mm Tessina (need some empties to reload)
16mm Minolta (need empties)
16mm cine
REGULAR 8mm cine (actually 16mm with additional perf)
9.5mm Minox
and a few arcane formats that I no longer use,
are almost all available, with more searching than is worth the effort.
There USED TO BE some "good" photo stores around here.
What annoys me about the floppy disk situation is that
floppies remain the
only really inexpensive and easily reusable medium out there. CD- and
DVD+/- RW have issues of reliability and compatibility (and are not very
resistant to damage), and flash drives are too expensive (they're fine for
people to buy and use but a little expensive for the typical person to buy
and give away). ZIP and JAZ were never popular enough.
Somehow, I'm not very upset about the demise of Iomega products.
I predict availability of "almost disposable" cost flash drives.
OMG, will AOHell start mailing media again?
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