On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:18:33 +0000, Commodore Joe Redcloud wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 23:29:54 +0100, Martin Schöön
wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:08:53 +0000, Commodore Joe Redcloud wrote:

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:52:01 +0100, Martin Schöön
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 12:25:52 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:04:45 +0100, Martin Schöön
wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 06:32:19 +0000, Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
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i dont know this for a fact, but one of my best friends is a rather
high end photographer who does fashion and hes plugged into the whole
digital thing with nikon. hes told me a couple of times that nikon is
working on something that will make film cameras totally and
completely, and finally, obsolete.

Even on a shooting mission in the middle of Greenland or the forests
of Belize?

even there...

How?
I can't really fathom how a digital camera can keep working with
flat batteries. OK, I know about miniature fuel cells and microsized
gas turbines but nothing that offers you months of useful power.

/Martin

Solar? Wind? Large external battery packs? Generator?

What about reading about that guy that walked through the thickest
jungles of Africa? His story was published a year or two ago
in National Geographic's magazine. I don't remember the name
of the guy but look for something called "Megatransec" or some
such. It is clear from the pictures that there isn't much light
and no wind at the forest floor and hauling extra large
batteries or a generator... well, you try it first.

ways. It's also a lot easier to carry an entire darkroom
with you where ever you go.

Why do you have to do that? I bring my rolls of film home
for development.

/Martin

So, Nikon should run their company based on one person's
extremely bizarre circumstances and needs?

No, but then I didn't make any such claim, or did I?

I have news for you. Film is rapidly headed for extinction.

Possible but that was not really what we were discussing.
Right?
Well, I didn't anyway.

There will always be
some places where it is an advantage,

It seems I got through to you at last.

but that is overwhelmed by all the
disadvantages compared to digital. I still have my Linhof 4x5, and I can
still get film for it. That doesn't change the fact that it is a
dinosaur.

My laptop has a better darkroom than your house, and it's portable. When
you get home and develop your film from the wilds of the darkest jungles
and they have problems you will have a long trip back to take more
shots. You will also spend a LOT more money and time for no advantage in
the final product.

Well, after all it seems I didn't get through to you. In very
simple English: There are place where any type of electrical equipment,
including digital cameras, are useless as soon as the batteries
are flat. People that go to those places are not much of a gadget
buying market so their needs will not be catered for by anyone who
is in it for the money.

You really haven't thought this through very well.

It is clear from your reaction that your problem is that I
actually did.

/Martin