There's been a lot of discussion of digital versus film and which is "best".
Much of this, at least for me, misses many of the points of why I won't go
digital for some time:
Firstly I'd be investing in equipment that will be largely obselete in a
couple of years. Something like Moore's Law probably applies to electronic
camera gear where performance/capacity double every couple of years (at half
the price). I'm very unlikely to see decent used values after a few years
(unlike Oly gear).
The same applies to the PC and printer that I'll need to "process" my multi
megabyte picture files. I'd also need a something terabyte back up device to
hold all those pics. Apart from the investment, will all that hardware and
software I'd need still be operational and supported when I want to view all
these pictures in my dotage?
I don't want to be sitting at a computer screen all the time, resizing and
dithering or whatever - my job's with computers and at the end of a working
day I've had enough of the critters.
I still like a slide show.
In summary, film (plus Oly gear) ideally meets my requirements, provides
excellent value for money and largely keeps its value.
Oh, it's also nice to handle all that lovely Oly gear isn't it? Not that I'm
addicted or anything (I deny denial by the way).
Mike Blayney (happy with the gear I've got - well almost, there is that
300mm 4.5 I saw the other day......................).
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