[Oatka]

Silver is the most electrically conductive material . . .

That was a known plus, but electronics hadn't taken center stage yet and the photography was the big selling point.

[Mr. Douglas]

Yeah, can’t argue with you there.

[wally_bert]

One of the older relics from my TV production daze told me that the outfit went to tape largely of a big silver shortage a few decades ago.

Until then, anything important was film production.