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Subject: [OM] Re: Your assistance...digital vs. analog
From: "Christos Stavrou" <christos.stavrou@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2006 01:04:28 +0100
Haha! that sets the mood for tonight..
Well said..
(And at last someone else who masters irony and poetic sarcasm in his
writings here!)

C.S.

On 07/09/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I suspect that most of the people who ran off on the mad dash to digital
> point & shoot would have been much better off to stay with film.  When
> they were using film they were probably shooting 2-3 rolls per/year and
> spending about $30/year on processing.  They'll never recover what
> they've spent for the digicam and most of them will probably not print
> much of anything, have a hard drive crash in 3 years and lose it all.
> And if they read this they wouldn't understand it.
>
> Too bad.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> Ali Shah wrote:
>
> > I need a little bit of help. In our local flickr group
> > someone brought up the fact that our local paper wants
> > to do a story on digital vs. analog. Anyhow the person
> > posting this topic wanted suggestions, so I posted
> > this:
> >
> > "Film allows more latitude....meaning you could make a
> > mistake and it would be more forgiving. Digital is
> > like slide film...there isnt much margin for error.
> > Film has a completely different feel to it, I think
> > because those old classic camera's had personality
> > unlike today's ultra gizmodic wonders. Look at that
> > beauty medium format Calanan used - you cant compare
> > it to anything you buy today. Also with older camera's
> > you had to think....you didnt have an LCD panel to
> > chimp off. People want LIVE PREVIEW built-in to todays
> > digital camera's so they can see what they are
> > shooting....talk about impersonal! I could go on and
> > on. I dont think film will totally go away. There are
> > manufacturers still like Cosina/Voigtlander who
> > produce incredible film camera's with Leica class
> > lenses...the market is still alive! OH and 1 more
> > thing....How long will a hard drive last? How many
> > hard drives or backup devices will people to need to
> > store their photo's. Even CD's and DVD's dont last
> > 4-ever! Negatives and Slide Film can stay good a long
> > long time! "
> >
> > Am I way off base here?
> >
> > Turns out the reporter from the paper wants to talk to
> > me as well based on my comments.
> >
> > You can see the discussion here:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/groups/buffalo/discuss/72157594261884241/
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > - Ali
> >
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