P3D Re: the future ??

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:52 PM 2/10/99 -0700, you wrote:
>	I'm not so sure that you have "seen" the future at all, to tell the truth. 
>There are futurists who feel that film as a medium is dead (slide film
>included), and that the real future is electronic.  I presently have a Sony
>digital Mavica and a slide bar..  The camera "prints" if you would like to
>call it that onto a 3 1/2" floppy, forty "pics" per floppy.  With all the
>ease of digital editing, to go with it, of course.  I personally wouldn't
>bet much on the future of Kodak...

But affordable, consumer-grade digital photography equipment is still
nowhere near up to the quality of photographic prints, much less slides.
On screen viewing is really not comparable to viewing a photograph, and the
few high quality printers, such as the ALPS dye sublimation mode ones, are
still not commonplace.  (I'm not sure, but how does the cost of dye-sub
prints on the ALPS compare with getting photographic prints made?)

I do believe this will improve in time, but only to the point at which the
majority of the consumer market is satisfied with it.  There will be no
motivation for companies to improve image quality beyond what sells.

-pd


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