Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: [snip] At what point does anyone see or feel a practical level will be reached? And what size do you think it might be. And why should it be bigger and bigger? ---------------- Them's the $100MM questions :-) Will the future photo industry be demand driven or technology driven? All industries are a mix of both, but where will the balance be? Personally, I have no idea. How big is the photo industry? Is the aggregate dollar volume large enough, and likely to keep growing at a fast enough rate, to support the kind of continuous R&D spending by upstream component providers (like it is in the computer industry)? I don't know this either. On upper bounds, I think of Avedon setting up an 8x10 and have his models leap through the frame; i.e., somewhat losely framed shots. But then there's alot of film real estate to crop and still make nice and/or large prints. How many pixels does one need to do the same thing? I don't know this either. Would the market be large enough and/or rich enough to support digi technology like this? Again, I don't know. Will advanced technologies for niche industrial markets "trickle down" to "consumer grade" (< $3-5K ?) equipment? I can't say. Great questions - sorry that it just makes me wonder about even more questions :-) Scott -- Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act)