Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I agree that a CD burner or other storage device is > necessary. And a computer of sufficient speed and disk space...and memory... > Putting the photos > on the web in places such as geocities is fairly easy, even > for people that don't know how to build a web site. Absolutely, but that can be done with a flatbed scanner, and/or a film scanner. > And look at the really positive things: > > No more boring your "friends" and family with endless > unedited slide shows; > No more having to lug a heavy album of prints around to show > your "friends" and family pixes from your vacation; > Heck, Aunt Margaret, who lives 500 miles away, can look at > your pixes on your very own website; > And you can always burn copy CDs and mail them to everyone > for Christmas! Yeah, but as I said, that doesn't require a digital camera, you can scan film/prints too. There ARE a lot of positive things to using digital for quite a lot of people, but that still doesn't mitigate the costs involved. Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html