Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:51 PM 10/9/2007, you wrote: > >In a message dated 10/9/2007 3:02:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >lug-request@leica-users.org writes: > >http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/09/business/09film.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slog >in > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------- >The NYT story said a few things that are sobering: First that comparatively >few digital prints are being made. Second, that film sales are >plummeting and >that fewer stores are offering film processing. There seems to be a >dichotomy here. What's the point of spending $hundred, or thousands >on digital >cameras if the product is declining? Most people are not making prints anymore. They are sending photos by e-mail or posting them on Flicker or My Space for all of their friends to see. > Five years >from now if someone asked you to reprint a specific digital image, do you >suppose you could find the file? > >Bob I can because I'm a professional photographer and everything is filed and catalogued - updated when the storage system changes. I'm sure most people who are shooting snapshots keep no records and are just happy to share the photos with their friends immediately. Those who are really into either photography or family history will investigate enough to know how to save their photos so they can be retrieved later. Tina Tina Manley ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI http://www.tinamanley.com