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From: gfen
Subject: Re: Pentax and Minolta on Life Support



> I, personally, like the last paragraph:
>
> "Many of these retailers see a gradual move in the future back
to film.
>    According to one, "most people don't know what the hell
they are doing
>    with those digital images. A lot of people got into it as a
fad."
>    Dick Bagdassarian, says," I have 3 children. The first
child has the
>    most pictures. The last child has the least. 20 years later
you look
>    at the photos and see the value of them. You don't want to
forget the
>    big picture. Enthusiasm with digital can be very rewarding,
but it may
>    not have the information you will want years from now. You
can't go
>    back."

We had much the same thing happen in the late 80s with consumer
video cameras. For a couple of years all we sold was camcorders,
and it murdered film and processing. After six months a year,
the camcorder customer was back to film.

William Robb
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