Malcolm Smith wrote: > John Sessoms wrote: > > >>I use both digital and film. I do so because ->BOTH<- fill >>some desire, some need I have for capturing an image. And I'm >>not alone. > > > You're not, but at times you'd think you were. I know that when I use a film > camera where other people are using cameras, I'm usually (read 99% of the > time) the only film user. I also don't particularly like the comments that > some folk make about 'updating to digital' to me as though I'd never heard > of such a thing and or imagined film might be a choice for me. Or maybe it > is that unusual now?
I like being different..... 8-) WRT being "told" about digital, I've started explaining, as you would to a child, that I have big hands and therefore couldn't possibly consider downsizing. > > A real dinosaur user of slide film; yet I love the wait for my processed > film to return. At the same time I love my *ist D as a replacement for > colour print film and the million and one other uses I'm sure I said I'd > never use it for - and have and never regretted. > > There is still one film camera I'd like, but strangely in this digital > world, prices of film cameras haven't plunged to nothing yet by some way. > I'd also like a K10D - but other than 'would like one', I can't think of a > convincing reason to get one, although I suspect the K10D will slip in price > first! I was looking at the Samsung version yesterday. Just over £400 with the 18-55. _Much_ more robust and serious-looking (if you get my drift) that the equivalent-priced competition. > > So here we are in the latter part of 2007 and still film and digital have a > home here. I suspect how long it remains so will be more down to supply and > cost of slide film. Ditto. I have taken the precaution of laying in a few years' supply and buying a processor. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
