Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]More bad news for us film luddites: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-27-digital_x.htm Mighty close to $10. Phil > However, here's my take on why film will be around and plentiful for a long > time: > > Disposable Cameras. > > I bet that a huge percentage of film sold these days is in these babies. Ever > go to a tourist area and see how many of these are around? Weddings? Company > parties and functions? Seems to be a big trend these days to throw a disposable > or two at each table, and invite the guests to take pics of the party, and throw > the cams in a bag on the way out, so the hosts can get them developed. > > Until they figure out a way to make a $10 digital camera, the ~very~ casual > photographer will buy three disposables a year - holidays, birthdays, and > Christmas/Hannukah/whatever-your-tradition-calls-mid-winter-festival. As long > as they sell, Kodak will make film for them. As long as they do that, they'll > sell film in boxes. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html