[Leica] Reality Check re: Digital vs Film vs Cost

[reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

>  Kodak or Fuji
> could produce a top notch filmscanner, sell it cheap in order to sell more
> films -

Both Kodak and Fuji already make top-of-the-line filmscanners. Kodak's is 
arguably the best in the business. They are sold not to consumers but to 
service bureaus.

If film companies want to stay in business they will ensure that every 
film-processing place in the world delivers a top-quality digital scan of 
every negative, along with the print. Photo CD's did this, but the 
proprietary format has become ridiculous. Scanning is tedious work that only 
dedicated people ever get around to doing. Bundling scanning with film 
processing is the best hook.