Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hell, Walt, you don't make me irascible - you enlighten, amuse...and provoke me. But provocation is good. :-) ___ Sent with SnapperMail www.snappermail.com ...... Original Message ....... On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 15:20:11 -0500 Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: "B.D. " "I'm going to avoid this discussion but would make one comment. It's "rewarding to know I'm not the only one who makes you so damn irascible. " "Walt " "B. D. Colen wrote: " ">Oh please, Peter. Get a grip. Whether or not this technology will morph into ">another, even better capture technology, film is now the 'former' technology ">- even if some prefer to keep using it - and it's been evident for at least ">a decade to anyone with open eyes that it was going to become 'former.' "> ">As to current cameras having a six month shelf-life, saying that is about as ">silly as saying that film is going to come back and supplant digital as the ">dominant technology. Today's digital cameras only have a six month ">shelf-life for those people who are far more interested in having others see ">what's hanging around their neck than they are in what they do with that ">object. ;-) "> "> ">On 3/23/06 9:50 AM, "Peter Dzwig" <pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote: "> "> "> ">>B.D. ">> ">>I have been trying to stay out of this but... ">> ">> ">> ">>>Don't blame 'digital' for the death of photography, ">>> ">>> ">>Photography won't die, not while there are good photographers around - ">>including ">>LUGers. ">> ">>blame those companies ">> ">> ">>>and practitioners who insisted that digital was some weird and amusing ">>>passing fad (something you could regularly read on this list, certainly ">>>within the last 18 months.) ">>> ">>> ">>As to "fad", we know that no digicam has a shelf life of more than 6 months ">>including Digital Ms. The question that we have to answer is whether or not ">>there is another technology around the corner; we simply don't know, it may ">>well ">>be a fad in that sense. Remember video cassettes and digital video cameras ">>and ">>reel-to-reel... ">> ">>Peter Dzwig ">> ">> ">> ">>_______________________________________________ ">>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 "> ">