At 06:23 AM 8/19/2002 +0100, you wrote: >Brendan MacRae wrote: > > > > This issue is not strictly "generational" IMHO. If it were, the > > only digital > > cameras one would see would be cheap point and shoots that are marketed > > specifically to the younger crowds. We wouldn't have 6+ megapixel > > SLR's on > > the market because no 19 year old could afford them. > >A good observation, I can think of someone who has just retired and 'gone' >digital. I wonder if these expensive digital cameras will retain their value >like film cameras, or as I suspect, they will follow the depreciation of >computers.
You got it. This trend is already apparent. > > > > Besides, doesn't one hour film developing qualify as instant > > access? Sure it > > does. And it's been around for 20 years. > >I don't have easy access to a one hour lab, but your point is well made. >This is not an issue for me, as I prefer film, and my lab takes a week door >to door. That's fine. > > > > Digital photography is a fairly new trend, something that younger > > people tend > > to glom on to much more readily than older people. It's that > > simple. I think > > the "instant access" label is rather condescending especially when one > > considers that much of it is dictated from professional industries (photo > > journalism, graphic design, publishing). After all, it is the > > folks in these > > industries, photo editors and what have you, who are parroting > > the old "time > > is money" aphorism, right? Besides, there are many young people > > out there who > > reject digital for the same reasons that some veteran film > > shooters do; image > > quality vs. price. > >I think that people tend to be connected to the technology they grow up >with, and there are a lot of people who must have the latest cellphone, DVD >and or course camera. The advertising media are clever to ensure the right >people are seen using it and to create a demand, where there was little or >none before. > >At the end of the day it is a choice. > >I have a need for a cheap digital camera, but 99% of my photography will be >taken on 35mm for the foreseeable future or until so many people have gone >digital that film becomes difficult to source. > >Malcolm >- >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 .
