London: The death of cameras that take photos on film just got nearer.
Konica Minolta is stopping production of still cameras and film - a move that could accelerate the demise of the traditional photographer.
There are a few still out there but just try finding one. CNN's Jim Boulden went on the hunt.
Most professional photographers have been capturing their prey with digital cameras for years. Few savor film like Sophocles Alexiou. He's has been doing family portraits and weddings in London for years.
People come to his studio for his distinctive black and white photos preserved on film. Sophocles was one of the last photographers in London to use film, but no more.
He made the big switch at the beginning of the year. Sophocles says it took several years to mentally switch to taking digital photos. He also wanted to master the software and wait for the perfect camera.
"What I am actually selling really is the image, so its what I have created with the rapport with the children, or with the family or the sitter. So it's only a piece of paper really," says he.
Sophocles says he kept his film camera for so long because he's seen too many weddings shot with poor digital cameras. But now he doesn't see a difference in quality between one of his last print pictures and his first digital one.
The quality is roughly the same and he doesn't expect customers to mind.
"I don't know why anyone would want me to shoot on film now. Because the depth I can get from a digital file from my PC is superior to what I could do in my darkroom."
And he's glad to be liberated from that darkroom especially since it became harder to get the chemicals, paper and film from the dark ages of photography.
(With CNN-IBN's Mridu Bhandari)
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