[tdadams]

Unfortunately, this is true, and sad. The coming generation of photographers may never know, or be able to utilize, the quality and detail inherent in slow speed films. I miss Agfa 25.

[general_re]

The coming generation of photographers may never know, or be able to utilize, the quality and detail inherent in slow speed films.

I guess the writing's on the wall, now - they may not know film, period, at this rate ;)

[Hank Rearden]

The coming generation of photographers may never know, or be able to utilize, the quality and detail inherent in slow speed films.

Don't be so sure. It was less than 5 years ago that digital cameras weren't even good enough for web-resolution photos; they were truly crappy.

I think it'll be less than 5 years before digital cameras and hardcopy devices will be able to equal slow-speed film. Progress is inexorable.

And, by the way, my favorite format is 4x5 view camera black-and-white, so I mourn some of the old days, too.

[Don Joe]

I miss Agfa 25.

You can still get Tech Pan, and the "Eastern Europeans" are manufacturing some ASA 25 emulsions that are getting some decent reviews. Then, there's "Gigabit Film" (Agfa Copex microfilm in drag, with a continuous tone developer -- similar to the old High Contrast Copy souped in H&W Control, or Tech Pan in any of the continuous tone developers).