Edited by author 02-11-2002 02:40 PM
They've been saying video will replace film since the sixties. There are still many qualities of light that video does not capture in a like manner as film, and the artistic and painting qualities of capturing that light with film have been proven superior since the birth of video. What is important is not that one 'replaces' the other. There are optimal uses for each format, and each has an ideal purpose. Even if the mainstream substitutes video for film in many uses, exposing film is as much a craft as it ever was. It's like saying aluminium will replace wood. There are places it's more optimal, but wood is wood.