Hi, Boris wrote: > They predict that in few years you would be able to run your > laptop for 10 hours straight and all you'd need do to recharge it > would be to replace a small container with some fluid that would be > sold for few pennies everywhere...
And 50 years ago, in the UK, they said that nuclear power would be so cheap it would not be worth charging for it. That was before an unknown number of people were engulfed in the radioactive plume from the Sellafield fire in the late 1950's. The idea of portable nuclear power supplies sank without trace. As I am one of the "plumees", I trust you will forgive my scepticism. >From what I can see, in my lifetime the power capacity of digital cameras will _maybe_ increase by about 100%. That is, they will use less power and batteries will increase in capacity somewhat to give you a _possible_ doubling of useability. Unless, of course, the number of bells and whistles is multiplied by the marketing departments to justify selling you this year's model, in which case all bets are off. This, combined with the high cost/short life ratio, lack of (or different manner of) definition and fragility of digital cameras, plus the long, complicated (and yet tedious) process before one has an analogue copy in one's hand, leads me to seriously doubt that many people who enjoy photgraphy as it is will be easily moved to the digital arena. Anna Loglee
