Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> At 09:08 AM 09/04/02 -0400, you wrote: B.D. sez: >>The reality is that digital is here. Film will coexist with it for a while. >>But the present is fast becoming the future, and without any doubt what so >>ever, the future is digital - except for a handful of hobbyists and maybe a >>few documentary shooters. Then Greg Locke writes: > > I've heard it described as similar to when photography "displaced" > painting. Many said it would be the end of painting and illustration. > ...and it did in the "hobbiest" world. Painting and illustration became > more "art" then commercial application. > > The coming of digital photography will make chemical photography more of an > art form. In essence, returning it to it roots. Digital will become the > tool of commercial illustration and imaging. > I remember 20+ years ago in the world of cinema when video was starting to come in, that film would be dead in just 5 years. Now film still seems to be doing well with 75% of prime time TV shot on film, Hollywood features are still the exclusive domain of 35mm (despite HDTV/digital being around for many years), a 3 to 6 month waiting list to buy a $150,000 Aaton or Arri 16mm camera. Despite the gains of digital still cameras, 35mm still cameras and film sales showed a 6% increase last year. I am not arguing against digital, just saying that there is a HUGE infrastructure built around film cameras that is not going away any time soon. sl - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html