Bruce Dayton wrote: Hi Bruce,
> I don't disagree with what you have said. One slightly > different angle though, is that those people who are now > thoughtlessly using digital to create worthless images, > didn't use to create images at all or thoughtlessly used a > one time use or P&S camera to accomplish the same drivel. > What I am saying is that those people remain thoughtless > about photography not matter what the device. Quite agree, the only difference I have noted on some peoples holiday pictures is a vast increase in quantity and nothing in quality. At the end of the day, they paid the cash and what they do with the equipment is their concern. If they come to enjoy photography, perhaps they will join a club or a list. I am concerned that what they have taken will be lost. I already know people that have put memory cards in the rubbish by mistake and formatted hard drives with 18 months worth of family pictures. The old pack of prints and negs that gets tucked away in a drawer and forgotten has a much better survival prospect. A lot of social history for the future will be lost because so many will not recognise the importance of backing images up until it's too late; the culture of losing a print and still having the negative is still set in stone. If you read camera magazines or you're part of a mailing list this is old old news. If you take a few pictures a week with your P&S, recording whatever hobby etc that does interest you, and months pass and you have a computer crash or whatever, it's a tough way to learn. Malcolm
