I hope so Lex but I wouldn't be too sure. I plan to be swallowing pain
pills for at least 40 more years, and maybe until I'm 100. When I look back
over 40+ years I see the development of (useful) plastics, jet aircraft,
space travel and satellites, microwaves, and computers (to say nothing of
fast foods!). Who can say where we will be 40 years from now? Two
considerations: a)will digital be as durable and look as good as film and,
b) will I still be able to get my OM equipment repaired. a) Probably, and
b)I sure hope so.
Gregg
From: Lex Jenkins somewhere in Texas
> I wouldn't lament the demise of film just yet. It'll be around pretty
much
> as it is now for our lifetimes. Digital cameras are still a long way from
> being cost/feature-comparable replacements for good 35mm SLRs. Even after
> the cost/feature comparability issue has been settled, many of us won't
> switch until it's no longer cost effective to repair our film cameras.
> Again, I don't see this happening in my lifetime, despite the rapid
> advancements in digital technology.
>
> Keep in mind that we're only recently beginning to see on the popular
market
> elements of digital photography that have been available for decades. The
> most significant changes are in size and price.
>
> And unless meeting deadlines again becomes a necessity to my work (God
> forbid) I'd have no incentive to switch to digital.
> ---
> Lex
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> >From: "Donald MacDonald" <donald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> > Since blasphemy etc is in the air, all this talk of digital and the
> >dimise of film and photography as we know it....
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