Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 9/30/03 9:00:59 AM, tim@KairosPhoto.com writes: << There are going to be many more along this line - cheaper and better. They will just take a disk into the store when they go shopping and pick up the prints later on. And they can pop the disk in the DVD player and play them on the TV for granny when she comes to visit so she doesn't have to fiddle with those little prints and her reading glasses. For a very broad base of users, digital ain't no 8 track, it's the real thing and here to stay. Consumer film isn't going to make an amazing comeback in any significant way. >> I think it's too early to tell whether digital is an infatuation or a marriage with the public. It certainly was embraced by the commercial professional for very good reasons: savings of time and money. Please realize that for every digital sold, there is a P&S already bought and available should the digital fail. The digital pedigree involves a very complex technology even in the simplest of electronic cameras. We don't know whether that Achilles heel will disenchant the general consumer. And we haven't even touched on a comparison in quality between film and digital, or whether the negative is significant to the public or to even certain professional groups. The jury is still out. During the holidays a lot of digitals will be bought. I don't know, after the initial exuberance, the digitals might find their way into the Polaroid niche. I just took a look at my just developed T-max 400 Leica negs. The images just leap at me in their sharpness and subtle contrast. Maybe that's the bottom line for some of us. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html