Doris,
Excellent post indeed!
Very well written!
Thanks!
*- DORIS FANG -* wrote:
> It's a simple matter of dollars and time. Film and a P&S are infinitely
> more convenient for the casual snapshooter (on whom the entire industry
> depends) in terms of time and money. The computer industry shows zero
> interest in ever meeting the money parameter. For the price of one
> megapixel camera, the snapshooter can buy 25 years' worth of point & shoot
> cameras and 5 year's worth of film. Plus, s/he spends very little
> personal time in dropping off & picking up the finished prints. The
> quality is far superior to that of the guy with the $3-5K's worth of
> digitalia, and the latter's hardware will be obsolete before the 4rth set
> of lithiums wears out in that P&S.
> The film user can stop after having spent maybe 10 mins out of their day
> with the processing, and has prints to show relatives & friends, even
> prints to give away. They can order an 11x14 or 16x20 and the print
> quality won't embarrass them. Film's going to be around for a while.
--
Regards/
Ingemar Uvhagen
Gislaved, Sweden
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