ryan4butler wrote:

Crazy Eight wrote:Fuji just announced that they're bowing out of the film game early next year. And with Kodak in bankruptcy, I would not be surprised if Nolan's next film was his last on film. By that point though, expect for the resolution hogs to be happy with whatever 6K camera RED pounds out next, and for the ALEXA to be 4K ready. Still, it will be a sad day when a film captured image is officially a thing of the past. It's at our door step though.

As long as people like Nolan, PTA and other film exclusive filmmakers favor film, it will have a hard time dying. But, digital is the way of the future and is rapidly advancing in the film industry.

Crazy Eight wrote:

ryan4butler wrote: As long as people like Nolan, PTA and other film exclusive filmmakers favor film, it will have a hard time dying. But, digital is the way of the future and is rapidly advancing in the film industry.

Not really. They can't fund an entire company. Spielberg himself said that he expects the labs to all close down within 10 years. Fuji ending it's celluloid distribution just expedited the timeline on that.

ryan4butler wrote:

Crazy Eight wrote:
Not really. They can't fund an entire company. Spielberg himself said that he expects the labs to all close down within 10 years. Fuji ending it's celluloid distribution just expedited the timeline on that.

So its the companies that are dying, rather than the preference?

Crazy Eight wrote:

ryan4butler wrote: So its the companies that are dying, rather than the preference?

Yeah. The companies (or their celluloid divisions) are dying because there isn't enough demand for the product anymore.