Can't wait for the future of a throw away cameras; throw away children,
faster foods, napster music... o no there here already?
Dam convenience sure doesn't seem convenient anymore.
Dan
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of andrew fildes
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 1:25 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OM] FYI_ analog film
Yes, just looking at the changes in some local stores in the past six
months, I suspect that digital has just reached some kind of
'tipping' point in consumer photography. The chain store near me now
stocks about one fifth of the film it did last year and much of that
is more specialist stuff like Ilford XP where it still sees some
market. It has slowly branched out into related computer accessories
- wall full of card readers, cables and mouse mats, next to all the
video and didge batteries. Increased displays of binoculars and
astronomical telescopes.
I envisage a future where even good consumer grade films will be
stocked only by highly specialised outlets, pro films may be hard to
source and few in number and we'll be asking questions of minilabs
like 'do you still process film?'
AndrewF
>Ouch. I'm not seeing this 'till Monday morning. Not enough coffee to
>soften the blow of this one.
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Garry Lewis
>>
>>Continuing our film discussions of the past---
>>Kodak plans to reduce costs, find new markets
>>
>>
> >http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/business/6592492.htm
>>
>>
>>ROCHESTER, N.Y. - Grappling with the rapid rise of digital
>>photography, Eastman Kodak announced yet another
>>reorganization Thursday aimed at cutting costs and
>>accelerating growth in consumer and commercial imaging.
>
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