Yes, there will be prints, just like there will be film. My wife is a scrapbooker - for her recent birthday, I got her a new scrapbooking program. But there are many more capabilities than just creating printed pages. You can email a scrapbook to someone else, you can create an html scrapbook to put on the web, you can create slideshows out of the scrapbook and burn them to cd/dvd, etc.
The print won't go away, but it will be greatly diminished (already has). I was just talking to my lab the other day and they were telling me about when State Farm (they had the account) switched all their claims adjustors from film to digital. They quit developing and printing - the lab took a huge hit in volume when that happened. It continues to happen as all of us switch to digital. We will still make prints here and there, but the percentage of prints made will be very low. Even the concept of hand held devices to show pictures - it was said that you could give a print to someone who liked it - palm pilots have had the ability to beam files back and forth for quite a long time. If handheld picture viewers become the norm, you can bet they will be given the ability to do so - I believe the Microsoft Zune already has the capability. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, November 15, 2007, 8:01:14 AM, you wrote: Eac> In a message dated 11/15/2007 12:23:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, Eac> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Eac> I don't know. I've heard many people talk about how they miss their Eac> family album now that they've switched to digital. Eac> - T Eac> =========== Eac> I don't agree with everyone that the print will disappear, for the very Eac> reason you mentioned. Eac> Yes the print will become less important to a large degree. Like I show my Eac> pictures online and have no need to print out most of what I show online. But Eac> I still make prints to frame too, I would bet most hobbyists do. And that is Eac> a fairly big market. Eac> And definitely no when it comes to family albums. (A lot of people may get Eac> their digital prints done by a store, not do them themselves.) Eac> Ever heard of scrapbooking? Big industry. Especially aimed at mothers who Eac> want to save pictures of their kids and family. It tends to mainly be a female Eac> hobby, but I don't see any slacking off on that front. Eac> Marnie aka Doe :-) I don't do it but have met many women who do. Eac> --------------------------------------------- Eac> Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. Eac> ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
