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Subject: [OM] Digital Back for Zuikos/ film death watch
From: "JUANITA M. ALMEDA" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:41:09 +0800
How we all wish one day someone would make a digital camera body that would
use the Zuiko lenses. That would keep Zuikoholics frolicking! On second
thought did I not ready of something like this available for Canon costing
just about USD 600? I think it was features in Popular Science magazin last
year. Anybody know more about this?

-----Original Message-----
From: c.e.packard <packardc@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] film death watch


>>
>> But for Fuji? she will be the big loser if people go digital, no
>> selling of film, much less prints. Since people will only take the
>> better one to print (for my family photo, may be less than 1/4) for
>> the rest just left them on computer. Fuji is not a big DC supplier nor
>> a CCD/CMOS manufacturer, what benefit?
>>
>> C.H.Ling
>
>That's a hard question to answer. First let me explain that my comments
were more of an
>attempt to inject a little bit of paranoid humor into the subject, not to
point out a
>serious concern of mine. Do I believe that we are "conditioned" to believe
advertising
>claims at face value? To believe that something is "NEW AND IMPROVED" just
because it
>says so on the label?  Yes, emphatically.
>What benefit for Fuji?
>      Well I can only speculate. One, digital imaging technology is still
in its infancy
>and changes are still rapidly occurring. There are only a few companies
that have the
>resources or commitment to ride the "Bleeding Edge" to develop the
technology, work out
>manufacturing  flaws and survive. By your comments Fuji does not seem to be
one of these
>companies. So, it makes sense that they would limit their exposure to the
market until
>digital imaging development begins to flatten out, meaning when development
and research
>approach the limits of current technology to manufacture new devices. Then
I can see
>where Fuji and many others will quickly expand into the digital market,
reliable mass
>manufacturing will make it affordable and profitable for them. This will
also drive the
>price of digital cameras way down to where a high resolution digital camera
is
>affordable as say a Kodak Instamatic. Already many low-resolution cameras
640x480 are
>well under $100 US, and 1024x768 cameras are following suit. Making them
attractive to
>first time buyers. Also due to the quality and durability, the cameras will
require
>replacement after a few years. Making first time buyers repeat buyers. This
last
>statement made on the belief that we live in a disposable society. Also the
price
>"professional" digital SLR cameras will continue to drop, although I think
they'll
>always be in the +$2500 range and out of reach for most consumers. And
people will
>always want hard copies so printers, inks and paper will be more widely
manufactured as
>well as new gizmos for displaying digital images. Is it possible that Fuji
and Kodak
>have shot themselves in the foot with digital imaging? Its possible, but I
think they
>will eventually profit from it more than film products.
>       None of what I've said now or in my previous post can or will happen
overnight.
>It will take a few more years maybe another decade, but I firmly believe
that it will
>happen. How long will film last? I think as long as most of us on the list
will live,
>but I believe our choices of types and speeds of film will become
increasingly narrower
>and more expensive.
>
>My warning signs:
>Lowering costs of digital cameras.
>Stronger advertising touting digital over film.
>Narrowing lines of film-based products. (film, paper, chemicals....)
>C*n*n, N*k*n, Olympus? introducing digital backs for the serious amateur.
>
>Charles Packard
>
>
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