Print Film's Last Stand

It has been widely reported that Kodak will file for chapter 11 soon. This is indeed the end of an era. Digital has at last delivered the coup-de-grâce to the film giant. Since I still have a few rolls of print film lying around, I decided to mark the occasion by shooting them up.

The "film vs. digital" debate has been raging forever. But, that debate has always centered around the context of "5D2 vs. Velvia 100". A less talked about aspect is "cheap digicam vs. print film". Well, I am going to go all out and declare digital the winner on that one. Yes, even the cheapest, crappiest digicam you pick up from Walmart will outperform print film, no matter which brand of film and which camera you load the film into.

That said, results from print film look VERY DIFFERENT from what you'd get with digital. And sometimes, when the stars align, this difference will deliver images that have a lot of zap.

So, sorry to see Kodak go, but I guess I will hold on to the old gear for just a tad longer. Well, at least until when Fujifilm stops making Fujicolor.