P3D Re: Digital quality

[Bill Costa -- Network Info Srvs <bill.costa@xxxxxxx>]

   Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx recently posted to photo-3d (in part):

> I still prefer film, slides and photographic papers. ...
> Eventually we might get there, but not yet.

    I thought long and hard about digital photography before
    investing in an expensive stereo camera (RBT S1).  I still 
    decided to spend the money rather than wait because:

       - Slides are easy to store and are still a widely accepted
         media.  For computers only CDs seem to have anything 
         close to the same staying power.  For any other computer
         media at present, be prepared to move your pictures to
         each new media as they become popular.

       - When going on a trip it would take either a very large
         number of memory cards, or a laptop with a good size
         hard drive to store all the pictures I typically take.
         Film is a pretty dense storage media and is fairly
         robust.  The biggest advantage of digital in this 
         area is the ability to delete pictures from the 
         storage media while out in the field, thus recouping
         space for more pictures.  But still don't think you'd
         come out ahead yet.

       - The quality of digital images just ain't there yet
         when compared to traditional film.  I think it will not be too
         much longer, but it will then be some more time still before it
         becomes affordable.

    I figure if I can get 10 years out of the RBT S1 before a
    *compelling* digital equivalent comes along, I'll be happy.

							Later...BC

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