-- -----Original Message----- -- From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:24 AM -- -- > -----Original Message----- -- > From: Cesar Matamoros II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- > -- > -- > This is something I have always talked about with people in -- > terms of digital -- > photography. You are now the developer. And with the talk -- > of archiving, -- > double and triple archiving is the means to minimize -- > unreadable media. -- > -- > Reading on a couple of lists I can see where, especially -- > with numerous -- > formats and correcting and editing, teh process almost -- > calls for a computer -- > dedicated to the cause - what I will do for a DSLR - and -- > the time factored -- > in for pricing jobs. -- -- This is wholly dependent on the lab. Photo labs realize that if they -- don't start offering easy digital solutions, they'll be out of -- business in 5 years. -- -- My lab prints digital pretty much the same way they print film. Give -- them the files, they make prints. If there's a problem, you tell them -- what it is and they reprint it. -- -- The photo industry in general (Kodak, Fuji, Agfa) realize -- that to make -- digital really work and make money that they have to make it -- simpler - -- Joe Schmoe isn't going to go for digital unless it's as easy as -- dropping off his disposable camera off at Wal-Mart. -- -- The guy hunched over his computer screen spending 2 hours on -- one print -- is equivalent to the anal-retentive dork slaving away in the -- darkroom. -- It's an option for us control freaks, but soon (or in some cases now) -- it won't be a necessity. -- -- tv -- As a side note, my lab here will be getting equipment to handle digital images. This will allow them to accept whatever media people have images saved onto and produce the prints as they normally do. It was a major investment, but as you say he realizes that to survive with the mianstream and Wal-Marts and such he has to go that route.
César Panama City, Florida
