This realization was what made me get excited about digital. There's no
reason (that I know of) not to think that, not only is digital going to
approach film quality, it will eventually surpass it.
Until then, yes, digital (at least at any price I can dream of spending) is
a nifty thing for niche markets and to replace P&S for snapshots. Anything
else and you're trading quality for convenience. That's not particularly
exciting to me. At some point, when the quality surpasses the capability of
film, that will be exciting. Then it will be interesting as a "new" art
form.
Grady
Peter wrote:
>> Try doing a
>> good close-up with a digital, or a P&S for that
>> matter.
>Not so - A friend recently bought a Nikon Coolpix 990 (I think that is the
>number) - it has amazing macro ability. I don't like the camera, it
handles
>like a pig and battery life is dismal, but give me the digital technology
in
>a Pentax SLR and I for one will be grateful. Don't get caught in the trap
>of equating digital to poor quality. At present X quality digital photo
>gear is more expensive than X quality film gear but it is changing fast in
>favour of digital. [snip]
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