BTW, Anybody want to buy my darkroom equipment? Beseler 67 Enlarger, 4 quality el-lenses on boards, timer. 35mm and 67 carriers. Make me an offer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] JCO
> -----Original Message----- > From: KT Takeshita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:13 AM > To: Pentax Discuss > Subject: Re: ChDImage about Pentax and PMA > > > On 2/08/03 6:09 PM, "Alan Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I wonder when the bubble of digital camera industry will blow > after the .com > > industry. > > Yes, it feels like so, doesn't it ? :-). It's too hot to touch. > However, in the case of the digital camera, the whole tide, i.e., > printing, > storage media and image processing etc, is making the move away from the > film with the sufficient momentum and there seems to be no > turn-back. I was > actually surprised at the speed of the shift to digital. Only > one year ago, > I did not really think that we would be reaching where we are now. > Suddenly, we find ourselves in the unstoppable tide of the digital wave. > The film camera is nowhere near the distinction but rapidly becoming > irrelevant. > Digital still requires the computers (in most cases) and the additional > investment in printers and suppliers etc, but this is giving more control > (when, how and which to print etc) back to consumers who would be the > ultimate beneficiary. > > And all these involve solid "manufacturing", unlike the faceless > cyber based > biz like dot com with no tangible assets. > > But the speed of the development and the shift is scary. > > Cheers, > > Ken >
