> But digital is moving
> very fast, propelled by bunches of improvements.
It may seem so with all of the 'hype' that is being built up around this
'convenient' technology. Using todays chemical film quality, digital will
not catch up within the foreseeable future (not unless there is some MAJOR
breakthrough in technology). Chemical film captures images on the molecular
level- silver halide molecules in varying degrees of exposure. Digital
images are captured by electonic components crafted by the machines of man-
no where near the molecular level.
Digital is the 'in' thing right now, it's the new kid on the block. Most of
the methods our culture uses to transmit images (newspapers, world wide web,
run-of-the-mill magazines, etc) cannot even handle all of the information a
simple 35mm transparency is capable of reproducing. Digital image capturing
can meet the requirements of most image quality needs today. And with the
falling prices and increased speeds/capacities in the computer tech world it
is more convenient to outfit yourself with a digital camera than it is to
equip a darkroom.
-Lenord
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