Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No surprise there. Just look at the change in photo equipment stores lately. You hear, "No we stopped stocking L, but look at this new digital camera that can do X, Y, and Z." I pour wax in my ears before I go in even to buy film. The retail channels for high cost, low margin items is shrinking. But the good news is we Luddites will always be able to get conventional products on-line. My fear is that Polaroid Instant film will dissappear completely in the near future. I've been shooting several series on Polaroid 4x5 film right now (sepia tone). I'm going to store it away for 15-years and then put it on display and hopefully wow some people. (not on artistic merit but on uniqueness :-) ). People will say, "wow, what's this new technology!" Dave At 10:08 AM 11/6/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I came across this editorial in the Sept.-Oct issue of Photovision: > > "Photography, as we practice it, is in a struggle for its life. It is not >only a few insecure digital imagers who would like to see photography go the >way of the dodo bird. Several of the largest manufacturers of photographic >material... would just as soon see photography disappear in favor of their >digital products. After all, every few months they can produce a new chip or >electronic device that obsoletes their former product, costs less to make, >and can be sold for more money." >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html