Michael Wilkinson said: >Don't be afraid of buying into the techno race to stay at the forefront of the >supply chain,quality may be second priority to delivery,we are now in a "Delivery is King era"
Absolutely! Time is of the essence everywhere you look. Its always 'faster, faster, faster' rarely 'better,better,better'. >You can always deliver > better at leisure when you have captured the clients > attention! But how often do they ask for better? Believe me, its not cheapskate competitors that we need to be worried about. It's the customers that place the business and their attitude to what they need and are prepared to pay for it are the real threat - or opportunity - depends how you look at it. >At 57 William, I'm obviously near my sell by > date,thank goodness :-)) I'm obviously closer to it than you then....wondered why I keep finding reduced price stickers on my forehead <BG> Gotta rush....more .jge's need sorting Tony Riley (surrey) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael Wilkinson > Sent: 10 November 2004 22:32 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PRODIG] Future Photography > > > Indeedie. > We need to be keeping up technologically with the nerds and > also the Snappers who have loads of dosh to spend on > upgrading every 3 months. Remember when ISDN was a mystic art > of file transfer ? Now even my grandson is routinely > e-mailing me picture files bigger than I was sending to > clients a few years ago. Phone snaps ported directly back to > the office will enable Ex clients to just move the walking > tripods, sorry, Bipod around till they get the view they > want.then "Click" , Job done ! When the Olympic games were > held in Los Angeles the newspapers in Japan published action > snaps before the local papers in LA did. Sony cameras with > floppy drives ( Mavica ) did the business, instantly ! The > Writing was on the wall 20 years ago. we > are now in a "Delivery is King era" You can always deliver > better at leisure when you have captured the clients > attention! At 57 William, I'm obviously near my sell by > date,thank goodness :-)) > > Regards > Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Rd, Ketley, Telford, > Shropshire. England .TF1 5DJ 44 (0) 1952 618986. www.infocus-photography.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "william.curwen" > The consumer uptake of mobile phones equipped with still capture and > video capability has been slow but steady. It takes awhile for the > implications of this (or any other technology) to sink in. When it > does, then everybody will be a photographer. Not become - be. This > will be highly influencial in how professional photography will be > percieved, along with a general confluence of technological - thus > social changes. As always, there will be unforseen consequences. > Remember clan, we are the beta testers. > > William Curwen > > PS: The other day, I saw someone operating a gizmo and I honestly > could not recognise what it was. They say that each generation becomes > exhausted by technological change by age 60 ...... better giddy up > hadn't I? =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
