Yes, the planned obsolescence of many products is unfortunate. I had a good cell phone that I needed to get a replacement battery for. When I took it back to the store where I got it from I was told the battery was no longer available. So I had to get a new phone. My Optio 230 is very obsolete now, what with it only having 2 megapixels of resolution. However, it does the job and I have no eagerness to get a more "advance" model because of the cost.
Jim A. > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:02:33 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...) > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:08:48 -0400 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Toralf Lund" > Subject: Re: More 35mm vs digital (price, upgradability...) > > > >> But this reminds me, during the discussions about whether there is > going to be a market for film or not, I've been thinking that surely > there are still many places where digital equipment just isn't > practical. In fact, this might be true for most of the world, and > will be for years to come. Shouldn't that mean that there can still > be a huge market for film? Or won't anyone have a camera at all, or > money to buy film, in such places? > > We've had this discussion before. My opinion, not shared by most of > the list, it seems, is that by the time a developing maket can afford > to support film to the extent needed to keep it a viable commodity, > it will probably be able to support digital. > Since the industry as an entity wants the marketplace to switch to > digital, that is where developing markets will be led. > > The success of digital photography has nothing to do with it's ease > of use, or any quality factors. > It's about an manufacturing sector that wants you to stop using film > because there is no money in it for them. > OTOH, there is lots of money in selling you a new digital camera > every couple of years by creating obsolesence in the product you buy, > and then marketing the replacement for it by telling you that last > years camera is as useful as yesterdays newspaper. > > William Robb > > >
