Chris, I wasn't arguing so much about price. It's more about time.
About a year ago it seemed pretty clear (from what I read) that digital was FAR from the quality of film, by about a factor of 10. I'm talking again about RAW information. It doesn't seem that we've come far past that. Maybe a time and 1/2 in the last year? For something that the ordinary person can afford? I even think a 640X480 Mavica does a nice job for what I use it for. I think digital is fine for every day use. I'm not convinced it's fine for more than that... yet. Respectfully, Mighty Mouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Brogden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 8:40 PM Subject: Re: some interesting NG thoughts on digital consumers > On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, aimcompute wrote: > > > I agree 1000%. Until I can do everything with digital I can with > > film, until I can take digital media into a good lab and get great > > results, I am not inclined to invest any further in it. Let's see... > > I can spend my time messing wth software and printers, or I can let > > someone else do that part while I'm out pressing the shutter release. > > Valid points, but you *can* do this with good labs. Why does everyone > always argue that the price of printers, paper and ink need to be factored > into comparing digital and film cameras? Do you include the price of a > good minilab into the purchase of your film camera? If you don't want to > print them yourself, take the files to a good lab and let them do it... > just like film. Don's Photo, for example, charges the same for prints > from digital files as from film. This isn't a rant against you, Tom, but > against those people who criticize digital cameras because of problems > with home printing. I'm bitter tonight because I have to mark 50 essays > for next week and I'm running out of time... and the store is insanely > busy because of Christmas (this is a good thing, though... anyone need a > camera? <g>).. and everyone keeps wanting me to go out and do fun stuff, > and I'm a sucker for peer pressure and a good rum-and-coke. :) > > chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
