I disagree. Film will die in 35mm and medium format because digital will soon be better. I see it just like what happened to the home movie market in the 70's. video cameras quickly killed them and you dont see too many people shooting super-8 film now do you? Those cameras and projectors are essentially worthless now. JCO
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- J.C. O'Connell mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jcoconnell.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 12:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: An observation re Pentax for sale I think the whole digital thing has to be put in perspective. It IS taking off. People are trading in their film cameras to get money to buy digital cameras because they must have the LATEST AND GREATEST thing. There are thousands of used film cameras coming in to camera stores and not too many buyers. The potential buyers (like many of us) are thinking to ourselves that we might want the ist-D so we are not going to buy the LX going for a good price or the MX going for a song. That pushes the prices down even more. Camera companies and film cameras are sending out signals that their focus is shifting. People panic. Trade in more film cameras for digital. Prices keep going down. (Sounds like the Stock market a few years ago. Actually it sounds like the burst of the high tech bubble in the markets.) My prediction: Things will eventually quiet down. Digital will be a strong influence in our society and one that will continue to grow. Film will still be around and co-exist with digital for many many years. Eventually film cameras will start to increase in price and then everyone will want them. It's just one big cycle. I'll bet alot of the photographers who went digital were also among the first to sell their mutual funds when things turned bad. Just my 2 cents Vic
