Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/05/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D., of course there are boors in every crowd. My personal experience has never been the slide show soporific, the worst is having to admire pictures of really ugly babies and having to say something non-offensive. My comments were directed about the majority of people who just want an image of themselves, their children, grandchildren, places they value. Most people aren't especially technical, nor do they need to be. Digital P&S's promise ease of use but deliver mostly headaches to many people. I've known people who didn't understand that format meant that their daughters wedding disappeared in two button pushes. I know people who keep buying memory cards because they can't figure out how to get the files onto their computer. I know people who set their camera to "e-mail" and then think that digital cameras can't produce decent pictures. We are really in a period much like the industrial revolution in the mid 1860's where all of society changed. It takes a while for the group to catch up with the leaders. Perhaps that is why the fastest growing facet in photography is disposable cameras, it doesn't get much easier than that. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html