[LRflex] Re: Sign of the times...
- From: "Tim Bedsted" <Tim.Bedsted@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:28:06 +0200
David,
Vacuum tubes is a +4 billion dollars industry just in the USA!
Ever wondered how your microwave oven works? It is also used to amplify =
signals in various industrial and military applications.
Looking back through history a new technology never completely kills off =
the old it may supersede it and after a period of adjustment the =
technologies will come to live side by side. =20
Again vacuum tubes is a good example. After the onslaught of transistor =
based HiFi amplifiers the Vacuum Tube based amplifiers is today a =
thriving industry.=20
Painting <--> photography
Records <--> CD
VHS <--> DVD
Vacuum tube <--> transistor
....
Regards,
Tim
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[mailto:leicareflex-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Young
Sent: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 12:10 AM
To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Sign of the times...
G'Mronin' Reg.
Perhaps you are right. However, they must be sufficiently respected as =
a=3D
retailer, for the BBC to report on their activites.
More imporantlly, I think it truly is a "sign of the times"; with =
other,=3D
less reported on, retailers coming to the same decision.
I know one of mly favourite shops, while it has not quit selling film=3D
cameras, it has certainly quit buying non-SLR film cameras, as they =
simply=3D
cannot get rid of what they have. And even in the SLR category, =
film=3D
SLR's are onlly a small portion of their stock.
These days I am shooting digital almost exclusively. Now that I live in =
the=3D
'boonies', getting film developed is both expensive and slow. Were =
I=3D
still in a city, I'd likely still be shooting film. But, for how long?
As the point and shoot crowd switch to digital, there are not enough of =
us=3D
"enthusiasts' to buy the volumes of film that makers need to be=3D
profitable. =20
Film will never go away... not, at least, in our lifetimes - just as =
vacuum=3D
tubes are still available, to service your old stereo, 1960's TV or=3D
battery radio. The transistor revolution was complete in these fields =
by=3D
the mid 70's, except for TV's which were 'mostly' transistor by then, =
and=3D
tube sales slowed to a trickle. Major makers sold their entire =
production=3D
lines to China, Czechoslovakia, Malaysia, Bellarus and Russia. =
There,=3D
small firms still make small runs, at low cost, to fill a dwindling=3D
demand. But there has not been a dime spent to improve vacuum tube=3D
technology in 30 years.
Sadly, a similar fate faces film. =20
For the foreseable future, the common films, C-41 colour print films =
and=3D
Tri-X in B&W, are, I hope, safe. But look at how many smaller-run, =
high=3D
quality films are already gone. Rather sad, actually.
David.
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On 09/08/2005 at 8:53 AM Reg wrote:
>David,
>
>I don't think that I would have associated Dixons with film cameras for =
>many years. They seem mainly into home electronics these days ..... =
TVs,=20
>computers, mobile phones, etc
>
>Reg
David Young,
Logan Lake, BC =20
CANADA.=20
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