My experience in this regard is small - dealing only with my family and friends. My sister used to shoot a roll of film every now and then, and get prints made and send them to me and other family members. Now she has an inexpensive canon digi, and she uses email to send her photos. No film, no prints, no memory card upgrades or other peripherals. Likewise many of my friends who are not into the more serious aspects of photography. Of all the people i know, only two have upgraded their cameras. One because his original camera was stolen and the other because she and her husband were going on the "trip of a lifetime" and decided they wanted more megapixels and a longer zoom range. Everyone is shooting JPEGS, so a single large memory card has proven to be sufficient thus far.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: mike wilson > Agreed. But it also means that they won't be spending money on film and > p&p. That money will go elsewhere and I don't mean into other parts of > the industry. Sure, they will buy a digital camera. Like the film > cameras they bought, it will be the cheapest one they can find and they > will use it maybe a bit more than the film one. But they won't print > stuff off. They don't need to. The industry has given them a way of > seeing their pics for free and they will grab it with both hands.
