> > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/07/03 Mon PM 02:00:17 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Coming Soon - A new K-mount Film Camera > > mike, > > You ask a philosophical question about what the industry should do, > and what users should do. Nothing is different from the photography > industry of the past: the industry responds to profit. If you want a > particular niche to be developed, speak with your wallet.
That doesn't make sense. If the product I desire is not there, I cannot buy it. Which is what I'm doing. 8-) But if the industry doesn't know I'm doing that, it will never develop the product I desire. I don't believe politicians when they tell me that they are doing what I asked them to, despite the evidence of my senses - I won't believe the photographic industry either. > > There are plenty of options for the user in the domain of digital > capture. They don't divide up the same way because the medium is > different. These are not "workarounds", they are the ways of > achieving the functionality desired with the medium. > > - Slide vs print is irrelevant ... that's a matter of presentation > vehicle. Except one is not yet available in similar quality. > > - Fine grain, coarse grain, B&W ... they're not embedded in the > medium, they're a matter of rendering. With film they are embedded. So you have to make the choice to render that way before shooting. With (some) digital, you can make the choice later. Horses for courses. > > - IR, UV, X-Ray ... all are easily accessible, specialized cameras > that expand the capabilities are also available. Hmmm. Easily, maybe. But specialised cameras are much more expensive than specialised film. > > - there is no dearth of sensor formats ... cameras with sensors from > 5x4mm to 16x24mm to 24x36mm to 37x50mm abound. Of course, the > formats are different. Expect that to continue to be the case: the > medium is different. We agree on something..... 8-) > > G > > > On Jul 3, 2006, at 1:00 AM, mike wilson wrote: > > > When film was the only medium, there was a huge number of options > > for the user. Ultra fine grain, ultra coarse grain. B&W, print, > > slide. IR, UV sensitive. At least four major formats, subdivided. > > > > Many photographers became specialist in a specific niche of film > > use. Some of those do not yet have a digital equivalent or have to > > use some form of workaround. The hobbyist photography industry > > works (in theory, at least) from consumer demand. If the people > > whose needs are not met do not voice their requirements, how does > > the industry know what their demands are? > > > > Or should the industry now only service the mainstream? > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
