Film Drop-Off Sites Fade Against Digital Cameras
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007
Film Drop-Off Sites Fade Against Digital Cameras
Fresh from a family vacation in California, Rick Wallerstein went to the Stop & Shop supermarket in Berkeley Heights, N.J., last month to drop off a roll of film, as he has done for about two decades.
But a sign on the familiar drop-box next to the juice aisle informed him that because of the advent of digital photography, film would no longer be accepted at the store. “The sign said something like, ‘Thanks for your past patronage and good luck,’” Mr. Wallerstein said.
When he returned to the store 10 days later, both the box and the sign were gone. “It’s like it never even existed,” he said. “As if it had all been a dream.”
To be fair, many professional photographers still use film and the labs that process their film will exist long into the future.
