Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital shoved down our throats
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 17:34:57 -0700

Jim,

What we need are digital cameras like some radios that can be charged 
up with a few squeezes on a handle, or spins with a crank. :-)

Very good points.

On Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 11:51  AM, Jim Laurel wrote:

> But the fact is that, in a few years, I will have to be out there with 
> that
> big load of electronic crap, even when field dispatches are not 
> required.
> Film will be so insanely expensive that there will be no other 
> practical
> way.  So, yes, digital is being shoved down my throat.  I realize that
> people like Tina and me, who photograph in remote places are exception
> cases, but this move to digital is going to make life in the field very
> difficult for us in coming years.  So if I seem a little bitter about 
> it,
> that's why.
There's only one blemish in capitalism  and that is when market 
discipline
is lost to a monopolist. - Scott McNealy - Sun Microsystems

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