Boris, You worry too much about progress. Digital Cams have a LOT of problems. Tried them, don't like them. Most are still toys.
Give it 5 years, ok? Grin. Lon Boris Liberman wrote: > > Hi! > > In my personal humble opinion the question of fate of film is more of > philosophical than of practical nature. You see, I don't think that > any of us, even if there are people here that work for photo > companies, such as Pentax itself, can reasonably well predict what > will happen in the technological future say in two years. Tell me, > could you imagine a full frame 14 MP digital camera being sold for > $5,000 two years ago? I doubt you could. Or, could you imagine the > Foveon sensor technology two years ago? I doubt you could. No > disrespect intended here. > > Well, we all know that all electronics suffer from battery power > problem. One of the reasons people buy (FG) battery packs is to be > able to use cheaper and more available AA batteries. Just few weeks > ago I went to TeleCom exhibition here in Israel and saw a company that > has a technology that would allow using some kind of fuel cell as a > battery. They predict that in few years you would be able to run your > laptop for 10 hours straight and all you'd need do to recharge it > would be to replace a small container with some fluid that would be > sold for few pennies everywhere... > > Back to photography. IMHO, photography is so much fine art that it > suffers much less from technological progress. You see, you can still > make amazing photos with your old (film) camera and old 50 mm lens. In > few months when newest Canon and Kodak offerings hit the shelves big > you would be able to do the same with your bleeding edge (digital) > camera and still your old 50 mm lens. Again, no disrespect to Pentax > fans here, I am talking in general :). I think that until modern > bleeding edge equipment looses a zero or two of its price, such things > would remain mostly for professionals and rich amateurs. I see no > reason why film should not keep going for decade or two, or may be > even more. > > Take DVD and VHS for example. If you were a video professional, you > might want to put your latest and greatest on DVD. For home use (such > as recording some repeating program that happens to be broadcast in > rather unusual hour) VHS is just fine. Now, eventually perhaps some > device that can write DVDs in real time from your TV would be > invented. Add to this some amazing DVD-RW and here you go. But again, > it keeps coming, but never really comes. > > Sorry, I am getting wordy again. > > --- > Boris Liberman > www.geocities.com/dunno57 > www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=38625
