On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:24:54 +0200 "Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mine too.
Many people asked me why I wanted a film SLR instead of a digital
point&shoot? It doesn't matter how nice is the *istD if I can't afford one.
And for me, shooting film is much cheaper (but I'd like to have more control
over the printing process).
Sorry, but at 1400+ USD (yes, I live in Romania...), even the 300D is too
expensive. And I won't like that camera.
And how about those who can afford only a manual Pentax or a Zenit? They
should use point&shoots too?
I'm afraid they will want to force us to go digital. Not because there will
be no demand for film, but they may make higher profits that way.
Alex Sarbu
Normally, I think if and when technology wears out, it does not disappear. It takes some niche market and stays there. I think that until film really dies, it will pass some probably rather lengthy stage of niche market. I don't think that film will really disappear that fast.
Also film producing companies must be aware of huge amount of film cameras (P&S, SLR and others) that are still in use and are still potential profit. So hopefully situation is not as grim as it seems.
OTOH, if prices of digitals do not take a deep drop, I doubt that it would be easy to force film out...
After all, I think that it goes like this:
for each 100 casual P&S there is 1 casual SLR shooter
for each 100 casual SLR shooters there is 1 serious amateur SLR shooter
for each 100 serious amateur SLR shooters there is 1 professional SLR shooter
for each 100 professional SLR shooters there is 1 professional MF or LF shooter and so on
So, number of people who would be buying film for their cheap film cameras is still going to be tremendous even after 50% shooters of each kind go digital...
Naturally, numbers are for example only...
Let the film be with us...
Boris
