Comment Re:Deja Vu (Score 1) 368
I agree with the idea that the traditional camera is not dead, however due to the convenience of the digital camera, its end may be near.
Its true enough that some artists and professional photographers will still stick to traditional media, therefore the traditional film camera may still have its place. However, with conventional photographers becoming more and more depended on manipulating their images they might as well go digital.
Although, you may not get the urge to take your nice $400 Mavica into the mosh pit; there is no way in hell I'm gonna take a $700 Olympus w/ its wide-angle lens. So disposable cameras may still be around to pollute whatever little of the environment we have left.
Is it the medium? It matters whether you shell out a couple of bucks for a memory stick / compact HD, or a couple cents for a floppy. If you buy a good camera you're gonna get some decent pictures, regardless if you're not Mr. Adams...
Even now with those big budget filmmakers who can afford to go all digital for the next film, traditional skills will still be needed. As digital cameras get more and more sophisticated we all assume we'll remember the point and shoot method.
I'm not sure if film will ever die out. It may end up being like tape cassettes, BETA tapes. It may even resurrect itself to a collector's item like Atari, or may just become something old and archaic that only art hobbyist will enjoy and marvel at...
There is more to this, i'm sure...
Its true enough that some artists and professional photographers will still stick to traditional media, therefore the traditional film camera may still have its place. However, with conventional photographers becoming more and more depended on manipulating their images they might as well go digital.
Although, you may not get the urge to take your nice $400 Mavica into the mosh pit; there is no way in hell I'm gonna take a $700 Olympus w/ its wide-angle lens. So disposable cameras may still be around to pollute whatever little of the environment we have left.
Is it the medium? It matters whether you shell out a couple of bucks for a memory stick / compact HD, or a couple cents for a floppy. If you buy a good camera you're gonna get some decent pictures, regardless if you're not Mr. Adams...
Even now with those big budget filmmakers who can afford to go all digital for the next film, traditional skills will still be needed. As digital cameras get more and more sophisticated we all assume we'll remember the point and shoot method.
I'm not sure if film will ever die out. It may end up being like tape cassettes, BETA tapes. It may even resurrect itself to a collector's item like Atari, or may just become something old and archaic that only art hobbyist will enjoy and marvel at...
There is more to this, i'm sure...
