Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 3/12/04 7:02:57 AM, owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us writes: << Right off let's understand the words "need" and "desire" have different meanings. There is nothing that can be done with digital that cannot be done with film. No need was filled that had not been filled before. None. >> I don't know about that. It's tough to stuff film directly from the camera into a modem and transmit a picture across the country in a couple of seconds. Back in the dark ages we used to do the same thing with a wirephoto machine but the film had to be developed and printed first and transmission times often took 1/2 hour. Much of the timely photo coverage of the Iraq war would have been impossible without digital. I agree, though, that a 65 line newspaper screen is a great leveler and it doesn't much matter if the photo was taken with a Leica or a Baby Brownie. Larry Z - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html