Analog film photography and cameras

I honestly think film will never die, it's paper that is the most concerning. With film, you can always digitise it if you so wish to. With large format film, unless you could afford a Hasselblad H4D or something, no digital camera in the world could even remotely compare the quality with it, let along all those exciting movements you could play with. So there is always going to be some interest.

When both Kodak and Fuji made a return a couple of year ago with reproducing photo paper, the prices went sky high. A box of 12' x 16' box of 50, for example, went from just under £30 to now £47 pretty much over night. And as a result, a lot of friends, borderline including myself, could no longer afford to spend the money on buying paper.

This. Film won't die, it'll just gradually be pared down in the 'mainstream'. 35mm will go first, being the main consumer format that's being replaced by digital. MF will probably stick around, and large format will definitely not go anywhere, as it is still the main medium for pros who don't shoot objects that move.