Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]<<As to "fad", we know that no digicam has a shelf life of more than 6 months including Digital Ms. The question that we have to answer is whether or not there is another technology around the corner; we simply don't know, it may well be a fad in that sense. Remember video cassettes and digital video cameras? and reel-to-reel... Peter Dzwig >> ------- But that's true of every evolving technology. Remember that film photography is over 150 years old and in its lifetime four or five image recording techniques evolved and were discarded. Modern film and cameras are the end products of this long history and the current pace of change is glacially slow. My cherished modern Leica M cameras differ only marginally from the M3 I bought more than 50 years ago. The digital camera is only about 10 years old. Right now it is exploiting the legacy of film cameras, but, if you haunt the displays at Best Buy, you notice that most new P&S digitals no longer resemble the film cameras th at were their forbearers. But just because a specific technology is no longer state of the art doesn't mean that it has lost its function. I am typing this on an 8 year old Apple 1400 laptop, at least three technological generations and two operating systems removed from the current machines. My favorite digital P&S is a Leica Digilux Zoom, now 6 years old. Both work as well now as they did when they were new. Both met my needs when I bought them and they still do. When my needs change, I buy new equipment but I don't discard the old. Speaking of new equipment, I just bought a 20" Apple MacIntel computer and it is a real joy to use. The best ever. I can't wait until a native version of Photoshop is available. Larry Z