Yup, a whole lot of consumin going on.... Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Cakalic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) > You're right. There's a lot of consumers on this list because... > > Multiple Choice: > > 1. I consume occasionally > 2. I consume at least once a week > 3. I consume daily > 4. I consume more than once a day unless ill or broke > > Nobody is arguing the extreme swing of the pendulum, as you seem to imply. > Of course vinyl LP's still exist. Just go down and try to get the exact > album, you're looking for though. > > Film is not dead yet, but it's lying on the bed and the call has been sent > out for the priest. > > > Tom C. > > > >>From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: FID (Film is Dead) >>Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:05:35 -0400 >> >>Well, what I see here is that there are a lot of consumers on the list. If >>you can not buy something just anywhere, it does not exist. Even in Boone >>there is a couple of stores you can buy new (and old) vinyl at. Come to >>think of it that is a couple more than you could buy B&W film at even >>before digital uber al. >> >>You can not buy a high end computer in Boone either, so computers must be >>dead too. >> >>My experience over a lot of decades is that when something becomes >>popular, >>it is on its way to dying, as soon all you can get is the lowest common >>denominator. Hassleblads give way to disposables, then the fad ends and >>you >>can not get anything anymore. All the "get rich quick" guys drive the >>enthusiasts out of the business, then they get out because there is too >>much competition, and then you guys yell, "it is dead". >> >> >> >>graywolf >>http://www.graywolfphoto.com >>http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf >>"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" >>----------------------------------- >> >> >>Tom Cakalic wrote: >> > Yeah, so I can just go down and take my pick right? Any new CD, any >> > old >>CD >> > still in distribution, I can go get a brand new vinyl version? I >> > don't >> > think so. >> > >> > Vinyl is dead in in the eyes of the vast music buying public. From >> > what >>I >> > understand CD's are going the same route when it comes to sales from >>retail >> > stores. What will save the CD format for a while is that is that >> > people >> > need a recordable, portable medium to store digital music on. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
