On 30 Nov 2005 at 18:30, Toralf Lund wrote: > I've never been able to understand that argument. Well, at least not if > it is a question about whether you should switch from film gear you > already have. I can't see why you should replace something that works > just fine just because it will stop working in a few years - especially > when the type of equipment you need to switch to is expected to increase > in quality and go down in price.
Simply because it will cease to exist and no longer be supported by the mainstream, just like leaded vehicles. > But of course, if this is a question of a long term investment, the > situation is somewhat different... Then again, the prices on digital is > still a bit on the expensive side, and dropping quite rapidly, while > film equipment is very cheap these says (especially if you buy used)... Because most people see film gear as on the way out. > Good point. One of the reasons why *I* haven't got digital yet, is that > I can't see myself deleting any pictures at all... Why delete images on a digital, I rarely threw away slides when I started shooting digital I found myself similarly compelled to retain all the image I shot, it cost very little in the way of storage media and far less physical space than film per image. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
