I'm not a pro, but what are those brown strips of film that have impressions like the pictures you had developed that come back from Ritz when you get the pics?
"Burns, Erik" wrote: > relatedly, how will this change (or has this changed?) given the fact that > you can get a fairly good quality digital scan of a photo for a relatively > low price - and reprint it from the file (or by rescanning) ad infinitum at > no additional cost? > > seems that as the scanning/digitalization process improves, professional > photographers will have an added incentive to sell you the negatives rather > than keep a library of negatives (which must also entail a cost) in hopes > you'll be back for more later. > > etb > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Alex Tabarrok > > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:57 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Photographers > > > > > > Whenever I get a professional photograph I am always infuriated that > > the photographers keep the negatives and then charge me every time I > > want a print. This wouldn't be so bad but the system is inefficient > > since I move around a lot and can lose track of who holds the negatives > > to photographs that I had taken 10 years ago. I have tried several > > times to arrange an alternative deal - paying more up front in return > > for the negatives - but the photographers always react with horror to > > this suggestion and refuse. > > I have a two part question. First, why do photographers want the > > system this way. (Note that obviously the photographers have a monopoly > > over the prints once the prints are taken but that this does not really > > answer the question - see Landsburgh's discussion of the popcorn problem > > in The Armchair Economist.) Second and relatedly why don't entrants > > offer an alternative system? > > > > Alex > > -- > > Dr. Alexander Tabarrok > > Vice President and Director of Research > > The Independent Institute > > 100 Swan Way > > Oakland, CA, 94621-1428 > > Tel. 510-632-1366, FAX: 510-568-6040 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
