[filmscanners] Re: Nikon scanner availability

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I'll plead ignorance here, but I thought the only silver based film is
B&W, excluding products like Kodak Portra BW.

I'm not convinced Nikon is the end to all ends of film scanners, so the
question is when will the whole market die.

My biggest complaint in film scanning is the lower quality of the labs.
In spite of claims of dip and dunk, my latest developed film has quite a
few scratches, some not even running across the film but at a 45 degree
angle. One image had two really wicked scratches, both in the sky, in
what turned out to be the only image out of 4 rolls that is being
purchased. I spent 40 minutes cloning up the scratches. BTW, I get my
film sleeved and cut it myself, just to reduce the handling.

I'm looking forward to the day when digital cameras are good enough that
I can stop shooting film.

Francis Corvin wrote:
> The past few years have seen a regular erosion of the silver-based
> photography products. The names are too numerous to mention: Agfa,
> Kodak, Fuji... all made announcements that either their will stop
> making new products, or that they are altogether shutting down they
> traditional photography production.
>
> In the recent months, it seems that the movement has accelerated:
> Canon has quietly stopped producing some film bodies; Konica Minolta
> is dead; and Nikon has openly terminated all its 35mm cameras (except
> the FE-10 in developed countries, and the F6).
>
> There is, however, an area where silence has been conspicuous:
> scanners. I feel it is legitimate to ask how long before Nikon ceases
> producing scanners. The day they will, I expect a few people who have
> been postponing their purchases will rush to buy: sudden demand,
> limited supply, you can guess what that's going to do the prices. I
> am one of those people, and. So how to guess when is the right time
> to buy (I can't right now)?
>
> We know that they are not going to produce new models; but ongoing
> production depends on the stock of film taken. If there aren't any
> films to buy, any bodies to use them, any labs to process them, then
> all Nikon can rely on to make some money is the conversion of old
> film stocks. Big as they are, that's not going to last.
>
> Are there any market watch people on the list with an idea of when
> the tipping point is for the scanner market?
>
> Regards,
>
> Francis
>
>
>

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