Another nail in the film coffin...

Fujifilm stops making motion picture film. About a year or so after the last manufacturer stopped making film motion picture cameras.

www.marketwatch.com/story/fujifilm-to-st...ture-film-2012-09-12

Interesting development Ben. Still, I can't see Hollywood throwing away several billion dollars in Panavision cameras, not yet anyway...

Maybe they'll just slap the lenses on Reds.

The motion picture cameras and film that exist today are it. No new ones to replace worn out ones, very limited repair parts, days are numbered. Simple fact, that's all I'm saying.

Yeah; those film cameras should have paid for themselves a long time ago. Most of the money would be tied up in lenses, grip and lighting.

I should imagine most of those camera will be objects d'art in a few years adorning many a producers office.

Making 35mm film is a crazy expensive and complicated process (and up until a few years ago the exact details and procedures for layering the chemicals had been a closely guarded industry secret). There is a chance that some companies might continue to make film as a specialized boutique item (for the few directors that insist on shooting the format and that have the clout to follow through with it - Speilberg & Nolan are the ones that spring to mind, but there are others too). It will become a prohibitively expensive item for most mortals once mass production ceases though.