Future Safe ? :- Batteries for Hasselblad 503CW & Minolta Maxxum 7xi
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From: 42FHMXZ7 on 10 Jul 2010 22:45 Hi , I have made the switch to digital photography Panasonic Lumxix TZ3 & Sony a-900 a while ago but I wanted to know how long will it be before medium format film production and the batteries for the Hasselblad and the Minolta Maxxum 7xi is stopped ? Do people think these cameras will still be working in 20-30 years i.e. will parts be available like batteries . Thanks for any help in advance Peter
From: Bill Graham on 11 Jul 2010 00:00 "42FHMXZ7" <42FHMXZ7(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6kbi36535loq8ucprgpiihoot977tr0lns(a)4ax.com... > Hi , > > I have made the switch to digital photography Panasonic Lumxix TZ3 & > Sony a-900 a while ago but I wanted to know how long will it be before > medium format film production and the batteries for the Hasselblad and > the Minolta Maxxum 7xi is stopped ? > > Do people think these cameras will still be working in 20-30 years > i.e. will parts be available like batteries . > > Thanks for any help in advance > > Peter > No piece of electronic equipment will be worth anything in "20 to 30 years." By then your digital camera will be nothing more than a curiosity for a museum. Get your use out of it now, and plan on upgrading within 5 years or less......
From: Richard Knoppow on 12 Jul 2010 02:45
"42FHMXZ7" <42FHMXZ7(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6kbi36535loq8ucprgpiihoot977tr0lns(a)4ax.com... > Hi , > > I have made the switch to digital photography Panasonic > Lumxix TZ3 & > Sony a-900 a while ago but I wanted to know how long will > it be before > medium format film production and the batteries for the > Hasselblad and > the Minolta Maxxum 7xi is stopped ? > > Do people think these cameras will still be working in > 20-30 years > i.e. will parts be available like batteries . > > Thanks for any help in advance > > Peter > I don't know which batteries these cameras take. However, there are a lot of battery types being made now and many can be adapted to work in equipment designed for older types. Even mercury cells can be replaced with zinc-air cells. They don't have the life but will last long enough to be practical and keep stuff running. Film is an open question but it appears that the switch to digital has gone about as far as its going to. To at least some extent the lack of products from companies like Kodak and Agfa has been filled by smaller companies such as Ilford and some others. Fuji, one of the giants, is still in business and looks to be continuing for some time. Color film, at least in 35mm format, will continue as long as there is a demand from the motion picture industry. Of course, its impossible to predict what will happen in thirty years, we may well revert to a primitive culture by then, but I suspect that film will continue to be available and some will continue to practice chemical photography. I very much think batteries will still be around. -- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk(a)ix.netcom.com |