Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bob, There is an interesting curve based on the relationship of age and or computer failure to the number of prints made. Older folks tend to value pictures that can be shown even if they also do fairly sophisticated slide shows with their digital images. Also, for those whose hard drive has crashed or whose card has failed the number of prints made goes up exponentially. We do owe Kodak a deep debt for the years of marketing money they put into valuing having pictures of memorable moments. Besides, I never could get much out of a 2" screen and when using a slide I pretty much use a 10X loop. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/13/06, Bob Haight <rhaightjr@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Consumers shoot digital because of the instant > feedback and ease to upload to a computer. > Interesting, that the desire for prints continues to > decline as folks are content just to email and save > images on their computers. Bob H. > > --- "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@comcast.net> wrote: > > > Suggesting that people are primarily shooting > > digital because of the 'herd' > > mentality, is a bit like suggesting that people gave > > up glass plates and > > moved on to film because of the 'herd' mentality. > > > > > > On 1/13/06 10:42 AM, "Luis Miguel Casta?eda" > > <lmc@interlink.es> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 13/01/2006, at 15:06, Don Dory wrote: > > > > > >> Luis, > > >> No, the herd mentality has set in. [...] > > >> For the heavy shooter obviously the economics > > change pretty quickly. > > > > > > well, I was joking in part, but your comment > > pointed some interesting > > > facts. > > > > > > a) People don't want the best thing for them, they > > just want what > > > their neighbourg already has. > > > b) People don't ask caring your advice, they only > > want to hear what > > > they are lusting for. > > > c) If you dont know what to say, say new. > > > > > > Recently I was shooting polaroid for fun. It was > > the spectra film, > > > well balancend color and quite sharp. Someone came > > around saying that > > > polaroids looked fine but they are very expensive. > > After a bit of > > > chat I knew that he bought a $300 digicam (his > > second one), $100 on > > > gadgets, $200 on a little printer and upgraded his > > computer ($900) to > > > have it all working. He spent $1500 before the > > first shot but he was > > > pretending that he was shooting for free. I got my > > last polaroid for > > > $1 on a eb*y auction plus $8 for shipping, paid > > about $10 for film, > > > still $1481 on my pocket left to shot, so I will > > have nearly 1500 > > > prints before getting where he was starting and > > without counting > > > paper etc for the printer. So we have to define > > what's expensive. > > > > > > Obviously this tale can be reversed easily, and it > > should be, > > > depending of needs. I wont shoot nothing else than > > digital if I was > > > working for daily media. > > > > > > About heavy shooters... the old myth/fact that > > said that as more you > > > shoot, you will become a better photog has settled > > well, but they > > > forget that when you can preview instantly what > > you're doing it does > > > not have sense to soot more. If there is no time > > to fix and > > > understand the how and why no matter how many > > shoots you make, unless > > > they have fun with it, nothing photographic in it. > > :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saludos > > > ----------------------------------------- > > > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug > > for more information > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for > > more information > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >