I agree completely with Jeff. My productivity and enthusiasm continues to increase enormously across the whole gamut of photography. I hadn't bought a new film camera in twenty years until I recently got a new and inexpensive Bessa rangefinder and three lenses. I can't quit buying new printers and scanners because those darn greedy equipment manufacturers keep making them cheaper and better. I don't think it is terrible so many monkeys and amateurs are pleased with their work and can share it instantly with no skill. They are paying for my more sophisticated and worthy pursuits. AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: The death of photo industry - Was Pentax are seeing the > light > From: Jeff Spirer <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, May 29, 2006 2:10 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > At 10:20 AM 5/29/2006, Charles Dias wrote: > >The biggest problem is that in this war we, consumers, are the real losers. > > I don't agree with this at all. There's been a huge shift in where > the control lies, but that doesn't mean it's a loss. > > For example, I have a wider choice of paper for printing than was > ever available. I can print on watercolor paper, which previously > required the fairly unreliable and barely controllable and tedious > process of applying liquid light to watercolor paper. And it was a > lot more costly too. I can print color in my small home. I couldn't > do that before. I can print on Japanese rice paper. And I can print > 4x6 photos on-site, which is a huge advantage on the business > side. And I can manipulate photos, especially color photos, in ways > which were impossible or difficult in the darkroom. > > That Kodak and Fuji let Epson and Adobe and a bunch of smaller > companies take away their market is Kodak's and Fuji's problem, not mine. > > > Jeff Spirer > Photos: http://www.spirer.com > One People: http://www.onepeople.com/
