On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, William Robb wrote: > She doesn't think that her company is putting much by way of resources > into improving film scanning, and really doesn't see minilab scanning > getting much better, if at all.
That's about what I've been hearing as well. From what I understand, digital minilabs are becoming more and more common. The store I work at has both optical and digital equipment, but is using the digital machine a lot more. Optical prints can be trickier to do, as everything has to be kept immaculately clean or dust spots start appearing, but they look better to my eyes than digital ones. At 4x6 and smaller sizes it's not really noticeable, but enlargements are different. I don't see film disappearing, but I can definitely see digital taking its place for most people. Film will still be used for artistic purposes, but digital will be the norm for photography. This is guaranteed... it's just a question of when. chris
