That's just what keeps me from buying another digital. New digi-cameras are orders of magnitude better than the one I bought 2 years ago, yet still not as efficient at their purpose than my 25 year old film camera.
At 12:37 PM 2/13/2002 -0500, Graywolf wrote: >The only improvements left to make on cameras are the gimmicks. Once a >product is fully developed that is all that they can do to get consumers to >upgrade. Consider, what real picture taking improvement is there in a Leica >M6 over an M3? None whatsoever in my opinion. So why trade your M3 for an >M6? > >On the other hand what improvement is there between last years digital and >this years (any brand), an order of magnitude? That sells new digitals to >consumers even if they already have one that is only a couple of years old. > >Ciao, >Graywolf >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 11:47 AM >Subject: Re: Am I Really a Dinosaur? > > > > Hi Bill ... > > > > While I agree that film will probably be around, my biggest concern is > > that choices will be reduced further, and that camera gear will continue > > sliding into a plastic morass filled with gimmicks and cheap zoom > > lenses, and that strong, repairable, dependable cameras may slowly be > > disappearing. If, as the article says, manufacturers like stop > > producing film cameras, that slippery slope into the abyss will then be > > greased. > > > > > > William Robb wrote: > > > > > Personally, I think film will be around for a long time yet. > > > Like the pundits of previous eras proclaiming the death of > > > theater when motion pictures were introduced, or the end of > > > radio when television became commonplace, the doomsayers of film > > > are also mistaken. > > > Of course, like all zealots, they will not see the error of > > > their thoughts, but will continue to bang their little gongs, > > > always saying that the end near. > > > And, like zealots from times previous, they will continue to > > > trot out their silly little arguements and rationalizations, > > > while the rest of the world quietly goes on shooting film and > > > enjoying the creative process of producing true photographic > > > images. > > > > -- > > Shel Belinkoff > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
