Both my college and the local high school use K1000's in photo classes. It would not be too hard to replace these with a ZX-M.
Steven Desjardins Department of Chemistry Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA 24450 (540) 458-8873 FAX: (540) 458-8878 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/29/05 10:12 AM >>> Kids born 10-15 years ago will re-discover film and they'll use glorified point and shoots like the Canon Rebel, or all mechanical machines like the K1000. John-Claude Zadro wrote: >It's all kind of sad but true. > >I went from growing up with film with my Dad's SLR, buying my first 2 >cameras (APS not 35mm) and then out into Digital (Sony DSCV-1) when I >realised I was using the Sony as a point and click, I figured out that >I needed to learn everything all over again I jumped onto Ebay and >bought a SP1000, and i've been adding to that collecton ever since. > >Now when I go to get my prints done, I find all the photo shops that I >used to go to have closed up, none can compete with major chains >buying in bulk and selling at discount, so they don't stock alot of >digital and few film bodies, and the ones that are left, have a >marginalised business of just developing to deal with. > >So it's catch 22, while i'm happy to acquire all the film bodies and >lenses at cut price from people exiting from Film and heading into >digital, my next purchase is going to be an *istDs and i'll be >following them marginalising my own film usage. > >As film becomes a smaller volume, film prices go up and choice comes >down, and the old school equipment we all use begins to die on us. > >Who is going to be the new film generation? And what are they going to use? > > > >
