But then on the other hand, my new at the time, Honeywell Pentax H-3 cost 200 1961-62 dollars. That is roughly $2500-3000 in todays money. Most current film cameras in that price range (Leica, Nikon F5, etc.) will last quite a while too.

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glenn murphy wrote:
I don't think film will completely die (I know it's another apples and oranges comparison, but weren't printed books supposed to be going away too?), but I'd have to agree that from the manufacturers' point of view it's all about money--through planned obsolescence. It burns them up that people like my father have been using the same camera (Honeywell/Pentax HA1) for their entire lives and can still take pictures that rival the quality of much of what they're selling decades later.

-- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html




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