Canon drops dev. of film SLR's

[Dr Mordrid]

First Nikon dropped several fim models to concentrate on digital, then Konica Minolta got out of the camera business altogether. Film is so toast for most applications;

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=2003353

[Liquid Snake]

Actually Canon is considering it, not officially dropping it yet.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-05-25T125117Z_01_T118988_RTRUKOC_0_US-JAPAN-CANON.xml&archived=False

That aside, 35mm film has been dying for a long time. Medium and large format are gonna be around for a while longer since medium format digital is still extremely expensive.

[Dr Mordrid]

Can't say that the smell of hypo will be missed much

[VJ]

FWIW, Nikon has stopped development, but is still keeping some analog cameras in their product lineup.


Jörg

[Nowhere]

AFAi remember - two, the cheapest and the top model. Might consider the first one, my Zenit died...

[chaoliang]

I hope they will still produce the film cameras for a long time.

[Mehen]

I'm sure they will - my Dad is involved with print and design and he would be the first to tell you that digital cameras don't even come close to cutting it for print. They are just too low res, and I don't see them getting anywhere close for at least a quarter century, if at all.