Hi All, I usually just "listen" because I've had my throat jumped down after having inadvertently misspoke but post now because I think we must respect David's avowed intentions rather than pick apart an interpretation of what he has written. The man likes film but appreciates that digital (excluding the motion picture industry) is the preferred form for popular photography. David Baumbach -----Original Message----- From: David Sadowski <dsadowski@xxxxxxxxx> To: rollei_list <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, Oct 16, 2011 9:33 pm Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Film/Digital I work with both film and digital, and am not "brainwashed" in favor of digital. And to say that the world has gone over to digital at a rapid pace is not a "dumb statement," it's a simple fact. 15 years ago, I had my own lab. Since that time, much of the market for conventional film has more or less collapsed at a rapid pace, and much faster than I had even thought possible back then. We used to sell boatloads of Polaroid in the photo industry... now there is no more Polaroid, except a name they stick on TVs and stuff. Looks like Kodak is heading the same way. I'm noit being a pessimist, just a realist. Film will never completely disappear, just as black-and-white never disappeared. But whatever supposed advantages you can think of for film, digital will eventually catch up and surpass it. That much is inevitable, that's just progress.