>>3739675>Is 35mm film in any danger of being discontinued outright soonno, it's safe for the foreseeable future, at least the stuff coming out from kodak and Ilford.
kodak has made it clear for the last 8 years that the film division is still profitable. for some of those years the film division was the ONLY profitable part of the company. heck film is doing so well for them that they re-released ektachrome and tmax 3200 after discontinuing them.
Ilford has also been holding pretty steady, and dare I say flourishing recently. They even released a new film last year.
Fuji on the other hand seems like they really want out. I expect the rest of their slide film to be discontinued within 5 years and pro 400H along with it. the rest of their film will probably go before the end of the decade. If anything superia 400 will be the last stock they'll keep producing.
they seem to be going through a death cycle. sales aren't what they used to be, so they increase the price of their film to make up for lost business, then sales go down even more, and repeat.
It's true that professional film cameras for the most part are no longer made but there is enough old stock to keep prices relatively affordable for at least another decade. there is also enough point and shoots in garage sales and thrift stores that supply will hold steady for a while. certain sought after models will become more rare tho.
past that I got a feeling someone will make new cameras eventually. assuming interest is still there, someone is gonna want to cater to that market. they won't be cheap tho, not at all.
