Where could film have gone if Nasty Digital hadn't arrived !

[Terrywoodenpic]

I would have liked to have seen instant slide film. Transparent Polaroids. Not a Medical condition....

Polaroid transparency film was made for both still and Cine.

 

[welshwizard645]

I think this has been the first time I've seen this question asked... anywhere.

My only gripe with film was the hairs, specks, scratches and the like that I saw on my pictures when they came back from development and in fact it was this that drove me to give up and go digital. I don't know if the process could have been refined to make these things less likely but if I hadn't got sick of this sort of thing I might have stayed with film for years more.

Hairs and scratches weren't usually a problem. Only when I used to submit films taken during a 'Glamour' ie continental photo shoot I'd find the prints arriving 2-3 days later than usual and in the wrong order. No wonder I used to get generous discounts from the lab

 

[dmb]

@AndrewFlannigan

There are a few on that list between the S1a and *1st that I have not had and in case the wife sees the post I'm not saying how many I have had and how many I still have.

 

[AndrewFlannigan]

The plethora of models is mostly to do with marketing and sales. rather than major advances.

Agreed.

I was merely showing that the release of new camera models was as frequent with film as it has been with digital.

 

[Terrywoodenpic]

Agreed.

I was merely showing that the release of new camera models was as frequent with film as it has been with digital.

There was somewhat more reason to bring out so many digital cameras in the early days.
The advances in sensors as regards megapixels and noise levels, and maximum ISO as well as the extremely fast development of anti shake systems, focus systems and live view and the move away from mirrors. led to Manufacturers leap frogging each other in a frenzy for market share.
Some manufacturers like Kodak were not nimble enough to keep up and soon left the field. Others like Konika and Minolta first amalgamated, then were swallowed up By Sony who were then able to rapidly move in to the high end market place.
Makers like Rollei never successfully made the move and others like Hasselblad feed off other's technology to survive at all.
Most of the high end, large and medium format makers have succumbed. or become even smaller scale specialist suppliers.

Most makers rely on Sony to supply their sensors, with perhaps only Canon of the major players making their own.
when it come to sensors, Sony now, to all intents and purposes, controls the pace that other makers can introduce models, with updated sensors.