Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
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Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#2Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels.
EDIT: added “why” at beginning
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#3Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
For fun? My SiL and I sometimes shoot in b/w and then go into a dark room in our in-laws' basement and develop it. She knows how to, I'm more of an apprentice.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#4Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
They do, for the same reason some people still use vinyl. It isn't about quality, it's about... quality, in a different sense of the word.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#5Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
For the same reason some people still listen to vinyl records now that lossless music formats exist or who play NES games now that VR exists: it's about enjoying that particular technology for it's own sake, or the ceremony, or the memories and associations it provides.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#6Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
Personally I enjoy the mystery of taking a photo and waiting to see how it turned out, there is a charm to film photography that isn't captured by digital for me. Getting photos developed is equally exciting, and having the physical copies to hand out or place in an album is nice. It's a dying art, but being held together by enthusiasts.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#7Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
They do, for the same reason some people still use vinyl. It isn't about quality, it's about... quality, in a different sense of the word.
It's the scanners for carry-on luggage, not the ones you walk through.
edit: I seem to have responded to the wrong comment here, but it's too late to delete.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#8Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
I don't know that I believe this is a "genuine question", because it's quite easy to look up that yes, people still use film, and the article itself is a clear indication that Kodak still produces and sells film.
As far as not understanding, there are things about film that are different than digital. It's may not necessarily be a technical discussion any more (though others may disagree with me), but artistic choices such as the choice to use film are still valid.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#9Flying out of SFO, the security gave me a heads up about putting aside film. They are not TSA, but at least they had been briefed.
Re: Kodak Alaris warns the TSA's new airport CT scanners can damage undeveloped film
#10Genuine question: Why do people still use film anymore? I know some big movie studios do sometimes use it (The Hobbit comes to mind), but I don’t understand why anyone would use film when we have DSLRs that can have resolutions over 30 megapixels. EDIT: added “why” at beginning
I don't know that I believe this is a "genuine question", because it's quite easy to look up that yes, people still use film, and the article itself is a clear indication that Kodak still produces and sells film. As far as not understanding, there are things about film that are different than digital. It's may not necessarily be a technical discussion any more (though others may disagree with me), but artistic choice…
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