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Nothing too radical in the results, but worth a read:
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/pressroom/article.asp?n=198
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/pressroom/article.asp?n=198
Ilford survey of film users
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I seem to fit very well into just about every statistic they give... Scary! 
"30% of respondents who were aged under 35"
"with 60% of them using film for less than 5 years."
"... a large percentage also being bought on EBay."
"more than 49% now develop and print their own pictures in a darkroom."
"Of those who responded, 98% used black and white film"
"Interestingly 86% of respondents used roll film"
"On-line groups and Forums are used by 90% of respondents"
"30% of respondents who were aged under 35"
"with 60% of them using film for less than 5 years."
"... a large percentage also being bought on EBay."
"more than 49% now develop and print their own pictures in a darkroom."
"Of those who responded, 98% used black and white film"
"Interestingly 86% of respondents used roll film"
"On-line groups and Forums are used by 90% of respondents"
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It's an interesting insight into Ilford customers, but I'd doubt that these figures are necessarily reflective of film users as a whole. In this regard, it's not terribly surprising that 98% of respondents to an Ilford survey used black and white film and that only 2% reported only using colour film exclusively...
I think that's one area of traditional photography that's going to struggle a lot more. Getting new users into film is one thing but getting them to set up a dark room and spend the time printing is another thing altogether. I think a hybrid workflow is the future of film, with users shooting film and then processing and editing on a computer to share online.
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I think you are right Carl. Hopefully enough people will carry on with printing to preserve the art but it will mainly be as you suggest. It's a big investment in time, money and space to have a darkroom, I hope to one day have my own but for the moment I will just have to rely on the digital workflow and printing.
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Andy feel free to use my little darkroom anytime you like mate ,,,,,
* puts on serious head * if anyone in north kent want to use it give me a shout ,,,i'll show you what to do if you dont know how.
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Ah yer a luvvely fella so yer are....
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:/
as hideously naff as that sounds, its probably closer to the truth than I'd care to imagine