Canon Stops Selling Film Cameras!
Jun 3, 2018 02:31:16 #
Canon stop producing the 5V Pro film cameras in 2010 but had a huge stockpile of them. Well, apparently the last one has rolled off the dealer floor and the end of the film era for Canon went with it.
I bought and loved a Canon T90(pre EOS) when they came out but hadn't owned a Canon film camera since the early 90's until a few years ago I bought a EOS-1n pro film camera so I could shoot film using all my new EOS AF glass to shoot film.
There is a disturbance in the force!!!
Will the void be filled by ML???
May Canon's film era RIP!
SS
I bought and loved a Canon T90(pre EOS) when they came out but hadn't owned a Canon film camera since the early 90's until a few years ago I bought a EOS-1n pro film camera so I could shoot film using all my new EOS AF glass to shoot film.
There is a disturbance in the force!!!
Will the void be filled by ML???
May Canon's film era RIP!
SS
Jun 3, 2018 05:45:08 #
Just take a look at the vintage camera collectors Web Sites. You'd think you were still in the Nineteen Seventies. Canon AE-1 s, AE-1 Program s, A-1 s, F-1 s, everywhere, some still in boxes as if they were new. Perhaps they are. Seems among the hip young (photographer) millennials film is in and digital is not cool. So perhaps Canon and others might want to rethink their abandonment of film. Kodak has been bringing back older types of film and still develops new types. Didn't we all think the LP was dead two decades ago. Now they are "cool" and unfortunately $20 instead of the $3.96 I paid in 1968. I'm old so I'll stick to my digital cameras and media (for the most part). 
Jun 3, 2018 06:02:29 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Just take a look at the vintage camera collectors ... (show quote)
I did see something somewhere recently that Kodak is selling its film division. What does that say?
SS
Jun 3, 2018 07:11:17 #
SharpShooter wrote:
I did see something somewhere recently that Kodak is selling its film division. What does that say?
SS
SS
Huh?
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
Jun 3, 2018 10:20:51 #
Just recently bought a Canon film camera. Also considered candidates from Pentax, Rollei, Mamiya, and others.
Used the AE-1 to take personal photos at a popular local festival on June 1st.
Used the AE-1 to take personal photos at a popular local festival on June 1st.
Jun 3, 2018 10:40:18 #
Jun 3, 2018 12:15:34 #
rpavich wrote:
Huh?
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
That was part of my point.
Jun 3, 2018 12:17:03 #
Quinn 4 wrote:
I don't care what Canon does, I keeping my AE-1 & AE-1 Program and the Canon lenses.
Yes, that is what the collectors say too.
Jun 3, 2018 14:30:35 #
rpavich wrote:
Huh?
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/money/2012/08/24/news/companies/kodak-film/index.html
I’m not saying film is going away, just that the film division is being sold, apparently as part of the bankruptcy reorganization.
We assume a new owner will not kill the film.
SS
Jun 3, 2018 14:43:42 #
SharpShooter wrote:
I did see something somewhere recently that Kodak is selling its film division. What does that say?
SS
SS
It says you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet, SS.
Jun 3, 2018 15:03:48 #
SharpShooter wrote:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/money/2012/08/24/news/companies/kodak-film/index.html
I’m not saying film is going away, just that the film division is being sold, apparently as part of the bankruptcy reorganization.
We assume a new owner will not kill the film.
SS
I’m not saying film is going away, just that the film division is being sold, apparently as part of the bankruptcy reorganization.
We assume a new owner will not kill the film.
SS
Link dated 2012.
Jun 4, 2018 00:45:32 #
BHC wrote:
Link dated 2012.
You're right but that's not where I actually saw it.
I just Googled and that came up, I just assumed it was talking about the same thing!
The one I saw was a new posting, I believe on Peta-Pixel. Thanks
SS
Jun 4, 2018 05:18:28 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Canon stop producing the 5V Pro film cameras in 20... (show quote)
The T90 was a sweet camera. Even this old Nikon guy could really appreciate that.
Jun 4, 2018 05:42:08 #
rpavich wrote:
Huh?
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
Kodak is still making film and has just rolled out Ektachrome again.
Did they roll out Ektachrome? I've been waiting.
Jun 4, 2018 07:17:10 #
SharpShooter wrote:
Canon stop producing the 5V Pro film cameras in 20... (show quote)
Supply and demand. If there isn't enough demand, there's no need for a supply. Buggy whips and cranks for cars are also hard-to-find items.
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