I think the most intriguing point she makes is about the film based cameras to be without any further scope for development in terms of features, wheras Digital has plenty.
But how she gets from there to predicting the death of digital I don't know. Surely the "hype factor" will wear off, but by then the technology will have matured enough to be part of everyones picture of the world. Just like VCR, personal computers, film based cameras and automobiles have entered reality. But lack of hype factor will not kill digital because everyone suddenly will wake up an see how lousy it is. Not that I think they will either. :-) Jostein Quoting Rob Brigham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Trouble is, that the people extolling the virtues of digital don't agree > it is in its infancy. This 'infant' product is said by many to have > already killed film. What she is writing is to try and point out the > fact that it is still not developed enough to fulful the promises being > made - not that it never will. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: arnie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 24 October 2003 00:42 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Fascinating - a must read! > > > > > > I imagine this is what they wrote when they came out with the > > 35mm format. digital is in its infancy, everyone understands > > that. to predict its death now is ridiculous. what will they > > say when standard digital is a 50mp sensor with 20 stops of > > tolerance and 1 tb (terabyte) cards cost $25? granted > > currently there are issues that still need to be worked out, > > but that what all these companies are working on currently. > > > > about printers. HP recently invested $900,000,000 in > > redeveloping their printer technology. they are not making > > any of that back when i buy a 5550 for $99. they do however > > make plenty of money when i buy a cartridge for $35. keep in > > mind that if the cartridges did not subsidize the printer it > > would probably cost in the thousands. > > > > arnie > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Rob Brigham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:17 PM > > Subject: Fascinating - a must read! > > > > > > > http://www.dantestella.com/technical/digital.html > > > > > > I really enjoyed reading this one > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/
