Analogue is definitely dying and a reduced market for film will bump up the price and reduce the supply. More to the point is that digital is approaching that magic number of 30,000 lines of resolution. Dual camera processors will improve resolution and dynamic range and will surpass film in quality probably within the next 5 years or less.

Serious black and white is also dead. I have seen very little black and white of any quality anywhere on the net in any photographic forum. Beginners do not seem to realize that black and white requires considerably more work behind the camera and in postprocessing than colour and produce really poor quality work. Bottom line is if you do not do the detailed work necessary for a quality black and white shot, then you are just producing garbage.

Tegan