|| From owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fri Mar 31 12:06:17 2000
||
|| >
|| > > Looks like film cameras will become a market
|| > >oddity even sooner than most digicam owners have
|| > > been predicting, and A LOT SOONER than the film
|| > >diehards have been stating.
|| >
||
|| Well nobody has told the makers of film cameras about this yet, look at
any
|| photo mag and see how many new film cameras were released in the last
year.
|| I don't think Nikon, Canon, Minolta & Pentax would be releasing the
likes of
|| the F100, EOS-1V, etc. if they thought the film market would be gone in
2
|| years.
I disagree -- not so much with your statement but your implied conclusion that
these cameras represent most cameras sold. I suspect that digital cameras WILL
replace most film p&s and many low-end slr (slr used as p&s) in the next 5 to
10 years (esp APS cameras). These cameras by volume (though not necessarily
volume of film used) represent a majority of the market. Assuming digital does
replace p&s cameras what impact would this have on film usage -- anyone have
any numbers ?
Alan
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