Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:17 PM 5/6/98 +0200, you wrote: >There will still be a need for chemical prints if only for the massive >amount of information that can be stored/preserved in analogue format, but >its day is effectively over. Don't read this month's Shutterbug's medium format report. You will be offended! :-) >The future Leica will look like an SLR with a fixed focus f1.0 lens. >Focussing will be automatic but by tiny movements of the film/CCD plane and >not big movements on the lens. Why? because during one exposure the CCD >will be able to focus foreground - then download the image, refocus >midground - download again, then refocus background - then download again >to produce a composite digital "frame" that can be manipulated in Photoshop >or whatever. That assumes one wants focus to be full depth. I think this is technology looking for an application. There is no way film is going to be overtaken by film in any part of photography besides journalism. Mostly newspaper photojournalism. Film will exist along side digital for most of our careers and lives. The ratio will change, but not for a long time to come will film be obsolete. It's still getting better too. ========= Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO I am Homer of Borg, prepare to be assim...ooh, donuts!