Joe, I believe in a year or two, flash price will drop to about $1.00/MB. That means a 60MBytes CF that can store 300 high resolution pictures will cost only $60 bucks, quite affordable. The key word here is affordability. The consumers are not always looking for the best price but low quality products. Look at how many 4X4 SUVs are sold in this country who are only driven on paved freeways. At today price, a 6MB CF will cost about $24, quite affordable compared to films. A 6MB CF can store 120 low resolution pictures, or 30 high resolution pictures. With high resolution pictures, that's about the capacity of a roll of film but flash is reusable. So I go out and take about 30 pictures and go home and unload onto my hard drive. Pretty soon, I go out and buy another 6MB CF for spare, and then I keep buying more CF for spare. You know how it goes with electronics toys. First a camcorder, then a camcorder bag, then lenses, then lighting equip., then editing equipment, and it goes on.
To make it short, a beginner digital cam kit is only the cost of the camera (less than $300), plus a $24 6MB CompactFlash, quite affordable.
My 1 1/2 cents. |
