Article: Digital technology puts twist in film's role in photography

A technological sea change is developing in the photography industry.

Consumers are dumping their film cameras in favor of digital ones. Eastman Kodak Co. and other businesses synonymous with film are scrambling to survive.

Rest in peace, film photography?

Not so fast.

Digital is quickly becoming king among amateur photographers, and this trend is putting a financial squeeze on many independent camera and film-processing shops.

But in the professional and academic worlds, film is still playing a role, albeit a shrinking one. just as painting survived photography's rise to popularity in the 19th century, film photography will continue to have its devotees, said Leigh Kane, associate ...

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