This might be have been plausible in 1980 or whereabouts. This is 2004. Film is dying, soon it will be dead. No doubt it will flourish in various world markets, but its time in America is over, every year Digital takes huge strides towards total domination of the market. What you say flys smack in the face of reality to put it plainly. By the way, you can still drop off your digital film and love going to pick up your prints, and it still takes and hour or two depending on where you take it...
"I have too much invested in film cameras to abandon them without good reason...." I would say you have less than you think. It's not all that hard to sell film bodies on Ebay now, and then you can use the combined profit from those sales to put towards an istD. Obviously all your lenses are going to work with the istD, and that's where the real cost lies anyhow. Bodies are practically pocket change compared to lenses. -Shawn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Future Practicality of Film Film is not going away folks. Those who say it is are those who have bought into the digital hype in a big way. Don't get me wrong, nothing wrong with digital cameras. But there are lots of us out there who do not really want, need or care to go digital, and if we go digital it might simply be to a higher-end point and shoot. I like digital. I want an ist-d. Every week I decide I am going to buy one and every week I slap myself and ask why do I need one. I don't. I'm an amateur. I don't need my pictures the instant I take them. I can wait. I love my film cameras... I love going to the store and getting my slides or prints. I have too much invested in film cameras to abandon them without good reason.... There are millions out there like me. That's why film is not going away.. Vic
