Good for you! Jim A.
> From: Pat White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:16:24 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the > rain)) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 16:16:27 -0400 > > Steve Desjardins wrote: > > I think this "obsolete next year" is more of a mentality than a > technological issue as long as the images are satifactory in the first > place, which I think 6MP is. OTOH, there's no question in my mind that > these *ist D's won't be around as long as any film body. 10 years? > > That's one thing that's very cool about film cameras: you "upgrade the > sensor" by using an improved film, which is why my 30-year-old 6x7 is able > to produce state-of-the-art, 2003, 160Mb images. Who knows what films will > be out in five years? Medium-grained 3200-speed, ultrafine-grained > 400-speed? I'm keeping my film cameras. > > Pat White > >
