Monday, May 28, 2012

Another one (film) bites the dust!


Fujifilm recently announced that its stock of APS (Advanced Photo System) film has finally run out. Both Fuji & Kodak stopped production of the 24mm film last year. Developed back in the mid 1990’s for the amateur market it never really had a chance to catch on before the digital revolution took over in spite of the emerging assortment of excellent compact cameras for it.

Although 35mm and 120roll film remain significant markets and there has even been a revival of interest lately in 110 and 126 film I doubt we will see any more APS film. Oddly enough its legacy lay primarily in the vast majority of DSLR’s that use the 24mm APS format for their digital sensors. As technology improves these smaller digital cameras with the APS sensors are even being used by professionals leaving just a couple “full sized” sensor cameras on the market.

For a more thorough discussion of the various digital sensors available and their relative sizes see my earlier blog post (Feb 7th, 2012) entitled, “Why is Film Better than Digital."



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