I heard him as well John. He spoke very well but only reasonably
convincingly. He called Terry O'Neil an old dinosaur for refusing to
use digital. It is not merely nostalgia that keeps people using film
...
Chris
On 6 Oct 2004, at 20:21, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The BBC "Today" radio programme interviewed Lord (Patrick) Lichfield
> this morning following the news that Kodak had announced wordwide job
> losses (including some 600 in the UK).
>
> Well known as an OM user, Lord Lichfield said he had not used
> conventional film for some 5 years and that his "output" as a
> commercial photographer was far higher with digital and at much lower
> cost.
>
> Commenting on his visit to Photokina, he mentioned the "exciting new
> digital cameras from Olympus" so perhaps we'll see him toting an E-1
> or E-300!
>
> On an earlier thread about the demise of Bronica SLR's, my son was at
> Photokina and was very surprised at the news on his return, since
> Bronica were displaying the SLR range there without any indication of
> the demise.
>
> Regards
>
>
> John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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