At 07:18 AM 12/13/2002 +0000, you wrote: >... for anyone who is really short on money - film is *MUCH* cheaper I don't think so. A 1GB microdrive costs less than twenty rolls of decent film with processing. I've shot over 3000 images (equal to about 80 rolls of film) on mine in the past two and a half months. Film would have been much much more expensive than the $220 USD 1GB IBM Microdrive. >The number of people that now shoot highly compressed / low res images >because they can't afford the media (having spent a fortune on the >camera to "save money") is incredible. >Bob Really? An incredible number? Would these be the same people who use outdated film in their F-5 (they bought to "save money")? Yours truly, Dave East Englewood ---------------- "Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time." - Steven Wright.