Actually, I think that disposable cameras are one of the things that is going to keep 35mm alive for quite a while. It's hard to come up with a digitial equivalent that will have anywhere near as much profit margin.
Funny how we've come full circle. This is similar to how the first Brownies were marketed. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/16/02 05:51PM >>> Hi, Malcolm, I was stunned about the disposable camera stat as well, until I realized that a disposable camera was the last new camera I bought. In fact, other than a few disposables that I picked up because I foolishly forgot to bring a cam along with me (never happens anymore, btw, 'cause I ~never~ leave the house without one!), or that I bought for the kids for Christmas stocking stuffers, my last new "real" camera was purchased around 1980 or so. Been buying used ever since. I know lots of folks who don't own a camera, but buy a disposable once or twice a year when they go on holidays. Add to those, people who do own cameras, but forget them on a day trip or holiday or whatever, and it's not hard to amount to millions per year... regards, frank Malcolm Smith wrote: > I was <stunned> at the number of single use cameras, in relation to market > share! > > Malcolm -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
