My daughter's high school uses ZX-M's. The school is relatively new and I think they started with them.
-- Best regards, Bruce Friday, April 29, 2005, 10:07:39 AM, you wrote: SD> Both my college and the local high school use K1000's in photo classes. SD> It would not be too hard to replace these with a ZX-M. SD> Steven Desjardins SD> Department of Chemistry SD> Washington and Lee University SD> Lexington, VA 24450 SD> (540) 458-8873 SD> FAX: (540) 458-8878 SD> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 10:12 AM >>> SD> Kids born 10-15 years ago will re-discover film and they'll use SD> glorified point and shoots like SD> the Canon Rebel, or all mechanical machines like the K1000. SD> John-Claude Zadro wrote: >>It's all kind of sad but true. >> >>I went from growing up with film with my Dad's SLR, buying my first 2 >>cameras (APS not 35mm) and then out into Digital (Sony DSCV-1) when SD> I >>realised I was using the Sony as a point and click, I figured out SD> that >>I needed to learn everything all over again I jumped onto Ebay and >>bought a SP1000, and i've been adding to that collecton ever since. >> >>Now when I go to get my prints done, I find all the photo shops that SD> I >>used to go to have closed up, none can compete with major chains >>buying in bulk and selling at discount, so they don't stock alot of >>digital and few film bodies, and the ones that are left, have a >>marginalised business of just developing to deal with. >> >>So it's catch 22, while i'm happy to acquire all the film bodies and >>lenses at cut price from people exiting from Film and heading into >>digital, my next purchase is going to be an *istDs and i'll be >>following them marginalising my own film usage. >> >>As film becomes a smaller volume, film prices go up and choice comes >>down, and the old school equipment we all use begins to die on us. >> >>Who is going to be the new film generation? And what are they going to SD> use? >> >> >> >>
