Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The future might be digital for citizens of prosperous western countries. But remember there are millions of people elsewhere (India, China, Africa, SE Asia, for instance...) who love to take pictures and film is the only viable way for them to do it. The Iranians, for example, are the biggest shutterbugs I know. You see them everywhere with thier old Russian Feds, Exactas, Zorkis, etc., snapping photos of themselves and thier friends. If you want to know how long film will be available, ask yourself how long it will be before the average Indian or Iranian photo bug can afford to own a computer. I tell you, it will be a very long time indeed. Until then, film will live on. Digital minilabs will help market penetration to be sure, but to many people in the world, relatively expensive and fragile digital cameras are simply not viable. - --Jim - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lew" <lew@clsystems.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:50 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] Darkroom > Much as we may hate to admit it, the future is clearly digital. There > are too many pluses. > -Lew - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html