Isn't this analogous to Bill Gates' wealth that has come from providing
the software rather than the hardware?
I was in a Long's Drug today to drop off a roll of film for processing.
I haven't been in a Long's for photo finishing for several months as I
have been shooting almost exclusively digital with my E-20 and C-4040.
They now have an electronic kiosk at which one can insert a media card
and either upload the data for them to print or use the touch screen to
do it yourself. The prints I had made from film were done on a digital
printer and are very nice.
This will allow the P & S digital photographer to get prints made
without having to learn to use a computer and Photo Shop, etc. There is
a vast market for that out there.
Those of us who enjoy more control will use either the traditional
darkroom or digital darkroom. I don't think film is dead. But I do
think that its use will be greatly diminished much sooner than many of
us on this forum have thought.
Dave Dougherty
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John A. Lind
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 1:04 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] Stock up on film, the shortage will come
At 22:12 4/18/03, Bob Fenstermacher wrote:
[snip]
>On the other hand, our major film manufacturers have a perfect product.
It's
>used up almost immediately and voila, you buy more film.
>
>It seems to me, that those manufacturers should have a vested interest
in
>keeping film camera manufacturers in business.
>
>Perhaps they need to make this connection and keep their profit centers
>(film) alive.
A possibility.
Kodak is scrambling to offer printing of digital images (IIRC it's their
Ofoto service) and they're not the only one doing this. Watch their
behavior as time goes by. Agfa, Fuji, Kodak, et alia will be seeking
products and services that require recurring purchase. I told someone
at
work just a couple days ago while discussing part of our own product
line
that making copier paper is potentially better than making copier
machines.
-- John
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