>A lot of people are predicting the end of film but I don't buy it. Yes more and more people are moving to digital but there are still millions of film cameras out there that will continue to be used for decades. I think people are beginning to panick a little too much about the future of film. People are dumping perfectly good cameras Paying $1,000s to buy digital camera's that will be outdated in two years. I for one will keep my film cameras and supplement them with a digital in time... Vic
I agree. One thing one learns working with computers and digital stuff -- ALWAYS KEEP A BACK UP! An analog backup is preferable, if doable. You know, like paper and pen. :-) Or a paper filing system that duplicates some of one's electronic filing system. So when I get a DSLR I'll still keep my film camera. And while I am tremendously excited by what is happening with DSLRs, I want: the price to come down and possibly the resolution to rise. I am not totally positive that digital is now equal to film. Or maybe I want more medium format quality. :-) But they're here. Here to stay. And, hopefully, they'll just get better. I mean, I worry about increasingly frequent power outages. The more reliance on computers/digital, the more our systems become fragile if power/electricity becomes a major problem. Probably too doomsday, but I can't help thinking about it. Marnie aka Doe Analog backups may be necessary.
