Re: [Leica] Vacation... lighten up, why digital?

["Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>]

As the attached article illustrates, some people insist on doing things the
hard way.  I will acknowledge that this person may have valid business
reasons for wanting instant access.  Still it seems that film would not only
be easier, but probably better.

See:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/04/1945246&mode=thread

Mike Durling
KD4KWB
http://www.widomaker.com/~durling/

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans-Peter Lammerich" <Hans-Peter.Lammerich@t-online.de>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 3:22 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Vacation... lighten up, why digital?


> I understand the achilles heel of digital cameras is digital storage.
> Even a 16MB smart media card will only hold 4 "high" resolution pics
> from a 1.5 or 2.x megapixel camera. Even with a handful of these pricy
> cards you will have to edit and transfer the data to a laptop every day.
> Who
> would want to do that on vacation? And carry a laptop?
>
> How easy film is in comparison to that!
>
> Hans-Peter
>