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P3D Re: Per Capita Photos


  • From: Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: P3D Re: Per Capita Photos
  • Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 16:49:28 -0400

At 04:46 PM 4/16/98 , you wrote:
>Mike K. wrote:
>
>>Ran across this item in USA TODAY's online paper as the
>>lead-in:
>>
>>	"There are 175 billion pictures taken every year in
>>	America - most of them taken with traditional cameras."
>>
>>Wonder how many rolls that is per capita?   Might Dr-T's output
>>last year been only close to "average" for a household?
>>
>With an estimated U.S. population of about 280 million, that would figure
>out to be about 625 exposures for every man, woman and child in the country.
>Sounds high to me, but maybe Dr-T helps to bring the average up.

Don't forget that stereo shots count as 2!

-pd



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