Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This reminds me of the discussion surrounding the disappearance of vinyl when digital audio became available. Digital audio promised "perfect sound forever" and some folks actually believed them. A great many people put aside their collections of vinyl recordings and their turntables. That is, until they discovered that first generation CD's sounded lifeless and colorless. The CD's themselves and the reproduction equipment weren't up to the promise of perfect sound. Vinyl is making a comeback, at least emong enthusiasts, and high-end turntables have never been more popular. The low end crap has disappeared, but that's never a bad thing. I expect silver-based to be somewhat similar. For the mass-media and proles digital will be "good enough" because it's quick and has certain virtues. But emthusiasts will demand silver-based for quite a while to come. I'm not planning on selling my Leicas or any other "old fashioned" cameras and I will continue to maintain and expand on my darkroom proficiency. But you can take this for what it's worth. In the days of word processors and email I still prefer to create letters using an old fashioned fountain pen with real ink. Dave At 03:08 PM 12/6/00 -0500, you wrote: >Steve: > >> I agree in part about what Steven says in his post (below) that film will be >> going away. It already has in most forms of distribution such as >> documentaries, educational films, etc, etc. Talk to any film lab and they >> will tell that print sales are dead replaced by video tape and now DVD. >> Dave Richards dprichards@qwest.net - -------------------------------------------- Note: If you have emailed me at: dprichards@uswest.net Please change your address book entry to my new address: dprichards@qwest.net