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From: "Mark Roberts"
Subject: Re: The Nature of Film's Final Throes
But with digital they
don't finish a "batch" until the memory card is full. Then they come to
the shop and are shocked to see a total of $60, $70 or over $100 because
they have so many shots on that card. Even though the cost per print is
lower with film, it's a big psychological hurdle to pay it in one lump
sum like that! Most didn't want to spend the time standing at out print
kiosk going through 200 images and selecting ones to print, and few had
the willingness or knowledge of how to do it at home.
Funny you should mention that.
You probably didn't see the change in demographic.
The majority of the consumers for digital pictures at my lab are teenage to
early 20's females.
they treat the kiosk as a social event, generally there is always a small
group of young ladies working on a print order at one of the machines.
William Robb
