Bob, after a recent visit to China (and Hong Kong) my impression is that digital is definitely flavour of the month. Almost everyone I saw was using P&S style digitals: in our tour group, there were only two film cameras at all - the other 11 were digital. The Chinese themselves in both countries love having the latest toys, and I suspect that film processing will become rarer in China more quickly than anywhere else - not impossible to find, mind you, but not everywhere. If they take up digital cameras as rapidly and as universally as mobile phones, I want to buy shares in the company that gets in and exploits the market!
John Coyle Brisbane, Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > almost half the population of the planet is either Indian or Chinese. > I don't know about China, but I do know that there are a lot of film > cameras (admittedly rather crappy ones) in India, and a lot of film > being used there. I think it's going to take an awful lot to get all of > those people to get rid of working film cameras and part with their > hard-earned money to buy digital cameras and the other paraphernalia > that goes with them. > > Wet photography is quite popular in India: > http://www.web-options.com/PhotoPuri.jpg > > -- > Cheers, > Bob >
