International Film Buying Day - 1 October

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Two days to go............

And the support is gathering momentum. ars-imago are offering a 'Get 3 Pay 2' promotion for orders placed on 1 October. An ever increasing number of people are joining the International Film Buying Day Flickr and Facebook Groups. Obviously there are still many photographers out there who want to carry on shooting film for a long time to come and are prepared to put their money where their mouth is to ensure film will be easily available for many years yet.

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Water Lillies

Water Lillies
Originally uploaded by laurencedunford

Picture of the day for 13 August

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Sour Cherry

Sour Cherry
Originally uploaded by Qualudez

Picture of the day from Qualudez

“Tipster of the Week: Develop Your Film in 30 Minutes” on Lomography

“Tipster of the Week: Develop Your Film in 30 Minutes” on Lomography

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Coke Head

Originally uploaded by Adam is...

Picture of the day. This picture didn't have a title so I put one in. I hope Adam is, the photographer doesn't mind.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Bass Rock at Dusk II

Bass Rock at Dusk II
Originally uploaded by chris_thomson_1274

Picture of the day for July 23. I've decided not to post a pic of the day every day. I will just post one every few days in future.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Giara II

Giara II
Originally uploaded by Hattori Hanzo75 (ニコン中毒)

Picture of the day for 19 July

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What is 'International Film Buying Day'?

Despite the present day predominance of Digital photography over film there remains a large, world-wide following of film users. For many reasons they still prefer images created by Silver Halide, and the shooting of film remains their photographic choice.

But because of the sharp decline in film sales it has become much more difficult to obtain certain types of film and the associated processing services required. Former household names have become casualties of the change to Digital, such as Polaroid who no longer produce their once famous instant film, and also Kodak's Kodachrome slide film. Once the byword for outstanding colour, Kodachrome will shorlty no longer be available. From next year it will not be possible to have this slide film processed, even if you had been able to obtain old stock.

But there remains a large, dedicated following of film users, and on 1 October this year we would ask everyone who enjoys or appreciates photographic film to buy as many rolls of their favourite film type as they can. We want to send a message to the photographic industry, the manufacturers and retailers, demonstrating that there remains a market segment still worth the investment.