Spelling corrected (damned spell checker...) >Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > >>Yes, actually film is dead. >>Same goes for oil-painted portraits. >>Same goes for hand-made automobiles. >>Of course one may still purchase a custom oil portrait. >>And there are some small boutique auto companies who make them by hand. >>This "death" is a matter of market presence, not existence.
Exactly. I tell my students this: Digital won't replace film any more than (or any less than) automobiles replaced horses. You can still ride a horse if you choose. It just isn't competitive with the automobile form an economic or practical standpoint. (The same analogy exists between paper books and eBooks.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
