Re: [Leica] Film Demise

["mdelman" <mdelman@rochester.rr.com>]

Jeff:

I absolutely agree with you.... digital is much much more convenient for
e-mail and that's why I have digital cameras  in addition to my film camera.
I think both can, and will, co-exist.

- -Mark
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff S" <4season@boulder.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Film Demise


> Digital is *not* as convenient as conventional photography if your final
> output is on paper (speaking for the masses who still follow George
> Eastman's motto "You push the button, we do the rest") , but it's
> wonderfully convenient if your final output is in electronic form, say an
> email attachment.  Emailing baby photos, personal web sites and of course
> eBay are all 90's cultural phenomena, and the digital camera is a natural
> tool of choice in these situations.
>
> Though a 35mm negative contains more data than digital cameras can even
> dream of, I don't think image quality is inhibiting digital inroads so
much
> as cost and convenience issues. And I wonder if anyone's actually making
> money except for ink and paper suppliers.
>
> But film manufacturing may face it's own problems due to environmental and
> public health concerns: Everytime there's an outbreak of Mad Cow Disease
or
> Hoof & Mouth, I have to wonder what that does to Kodak's supply of
gelatin,
> and whether we could ever see a massive film recall due to tainted
> emulsions.
>
> But if film production were to cease tomorrow, I think there would still
be
> a Leica in our future! Good brand identities have a way of coming back
from
> the dead: I think a "Voigtlander" lens on a "Contax" G2 would be a great
> bit of irony.
>
> Jeff S
> NO ARCHIVE
>
> On 2001.04.20 17:09:32 -0600 mdelman wrote:
> > I don't think we've seen the last of film.  For all the hoopla about
> > digital... only 4% of households own a digital camera right now.  Will
it
> > grow... surely.  Will we see the end of film in our lifetime... probably

> > not.
> >
> > Digital looks good on paper but when you try to use it, its shortcomings
> > become obvious.  Digital is: [snip]
>
>