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Photographers prefer film

The Warrumbungles in New South Wales taken with Hasselblad's 501CM; Zeiss/Hasselblad Sonnar 180mm lens; Kodak Ektar 100 film; hand held. The resolution of super-fine details in a 16
The Warrumbungles in New South Wales taken with Hasselblad's 501CM; Zeiss/Hasselblad Sonnar 180mm lens; Kodak Ektar 100 film; hand held. The resolution of super-fine details in a 16"x16" print are simply beautiful.
While film sales are shown to continually fall, Kodak's recent survey show that there is still strong support for film among profession photographers. In fact many professionals still have an overall preference for film over digital capture.

The published survey can be found on Amateur Photographer's web site:

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Kodak_Most_photographers_prefer_film_news_128432.html

The survey's detailed results certainly indicate the many professionals have had to make the transition to digital capture for a number of obvious reasons. But, film still holds strong and has a not insignificant place in professionals' work.

Ultimately like most things in photography, the film versus digital debate is one of "different horses for different courses".

Whatever the case may be, the market for film remains a significant sized market, just a whole lot smaller than it was before digital imaging began to mature.