I have noticed that Walmart offers a fairly good range of services for digital, e.g., print from website or print from electronic media. I don't think that most folks will print their own, ultimately. I think the real advantage of digital will be the instant feedback and some selectiveness in what gets printed. But, aside from the instant feedback, it's not much different from film if you want prints or slides.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/25/02 02:51AM >>> Hi folks: OK, it's late at night here in the Pacific zone and I'm drinking a little red wine after an enjoyable evening shooting pictures of an old friend at the studio. Here's something that's been on my mind lately. Is it possible that digital photography doesn't have such a rosy future with consumers as we're all led to believe? Here's the evidence, scant though it is. My wife got me a nice Canon S20 digital point and shoot camersa almost exactly a year ago for my birthday. It has given me a pleasant way to play with the digital future. It even makes pretty good 8x10s on the HP inkjet printer. So what's my beef? Well, it takes a really long time to make prints. Making prints involves computers, which, if you hadn't noticed, rarely work as promised. Not to mention the fact I already work on computers all day at the office. Even if the computer happens to be feeling well, by the time I could possibly import, size, tweak and print 36 4x6 inch prints, I could have driven a roll of film to the nearest one-hour photo joint, had a cup of coffee, read the paper and driven back home -- and be out less money than I would have spent on batteries, paper and ink. Not to mention the headache differential. And I'm a pretty committed digital owner. I really like photography. I would love to see digital work. But I still shoot almost entirely on film. It's easier. I'm not a photojournalist, so I don't need instant access. I really wonder whether the average home photographer really wants to put that much energy into making pictures of the kids' birthday party. Or, perhaps, does old-fashioned film have a lot safer future than we all believe? Comments? Bob Keefer - 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 . - 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 .
