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......................).
I quite agree with most of what you say, but I think the Moore's Law
argument is not really a good one since at some point not only your
digital cam will become obsolete, but so will your film camera. Some
will argue that your film camera became obsolete with the advent of
autofocus. So what is the difference using an obsolete film camera
or an obsolete digital cam.
I think that I will probably switch when I can only buy drug
store/discount store film for my camera, which is going to happen.
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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