Re: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain))

2003-10-21 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Monday, Oct 20, 2003, at 16:16 America/New_York, Pat White wrote: Who knows what films will be out in five years? Medium-grained 3200-speed, ultrafine-grained 400-speed? I'm keeping my film cameras. My guess is that by that time, they'll have figured out how to imprint an array of sensors on

Re: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain))

2003-10-21 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Monday, Oct 20, 2003, at 23:02 America/New_York, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, William Robb wrote: From: "Pat White" As film sales volumes go down, there will be less incentive for companies to put R&D money into the medium, especially when they need to be putting it into se

Re: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain))

2003-10-20 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Pat White" Subject: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain)) > Who knows what films will > be out in five years? Medium-grained 3200-speed, ultrafine-grained > 400-speed? I'm keeping my film came

Re: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain))

2003-10-20 Thread Jim Apilado
Good for you! Jim A. > From: Pat White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 13:16:24 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the > rain)) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain))

2003-10-20 Thread Bill Owens
> That's one thing that's very cool about film cameras: you "upgrade the > sensor" by using an improved film, which is why my 30-year-old 6x7 is able > to produce state-of-the-art, 2003, 160Mb images. Who knows what films will > be out in five years? Medium-grained 3200-speed, ultrafine-grained

film vs digital (was *ist D makes me cringe (was Pentax 6x7 in the rain))

2003-10-20 Thread Pat White
Steve Desjardins wrote: I think this "obsolete next year" is more of a mentality than a technological issue as long as the images are satifactory in the first place, which I think 6MP is. OTOH, there's no question in my mind that these *ist D's won't be around as long as any film body. 10 years?