I have been reading this thread others, directly indirectly related,
with great interest. Clearly we are all different. What a dull world it
would be if we weren't. On the one hand we have the die-hards who hate to
move out of their comfort zone. Perhaps some still use candles, a Brownie
box ride a horse to work? At the other end of the spectrum are those who
must always have the latest/newest of everything whether they can afford it
or not. A lot of these are showing off their indebtedness rather than their
wealth. I see them all the time in Kruger with their expensive SUV's and
cameras. Fortunately, common sense prevails most of us find ourselves
somewhere in between. It would seem that there is still a great deal of
interest in shooting film followed by digitisation of the negatives - even
digitisation restoration of those old slides. 25000 slides I thought my
2000 was a lot! I still enjoy using my ME super - FF too! (Certainly a much
cheaper option than any FF digital Pentax may produce in the future.)
Unfortunately, the local photoshop can only give me 2Mb scans so, obviously,
an Epson 500V or a Nikon Coolpix would be the way to go. Without scanners we
would never have seen Paul's dragster coffee-shop shots. Perhaps we are
about to see a lot of archived stuff before it passes out of living memory?
However, will film still be available in 10 years time at what price? Then
we have the relatively inexpensive microsystem cameras (like the K-01) with
big sensors live view only which are ideaI for macro work (probably all
work if you don't mind looking like a tourist). If Mark keeps at it long
enough, he'll eventually find two snow crystals the same! I'll eventually
upgrade my K110D with a S/H K5-II in about five years time when you've all
upgraded to the K5-VII or whatever they're calling it then. (Maybe a K20 on
the way?) Technology has come a long way in the last 100 years leapt in
the last 20. We can't escape it but there's no reason we can't keep the past
alive in a virtual living museum.
And then, Mistresses? Well, that's another story!
This is what a cropped 2Mb scan of an impressive Impala ram looks like (ME
super 135mm)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/8509240267/in/photostream
Alan
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