Tom C wrote: >we had to: > >Use a bulky non-renewable medium called film, >Worry because it was temperature sensitive, >Worry that it would get accidentally exposed to light, >Worry that it wouldn't bind in the camera and strip the sprocket holes, >Purchase it at additional cost for each photo outing, >Make a trip to get it processed, >Pay to have each and every roll processed, >Make a trip to pick it up after it was processed, >Handle/discard it's packaging, >Find a way to store the originals, >Find the physical space to store the originals, >Scan the medium if we wanted to share an image online, >Use or waste the remainder of a roll if we desperately needed to >change light sensitivity, >Wait for hours, days, or weeks to see our images after the medium was exposed, >Totally miss a shot because we couldn't see a preview, >Use tripods more often when there was no image stabilization, >Use a camera for years because it had a realistic lifespan of >desirability that lasted over 3 sols, > >What else?
Worry about the hassle of boarding a plane without getting film x-rayed Worry about getting brilliant shots but having the lab screw up the processing (happened to me) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
