>>If (when) I buy a digital camera, I'll perform EXACTLY the operation I mentioned in my post. Have two flash cards (= 2-3 rolls of film). Transfer them to my PC the CHEAP way, then backup these files along with my normal backup routines. If you really believe that there is a large market for someone shelling out $250 for 'convienience', then go ahead. I certainly do not believe it, and the sales data bares this out...<<
Ken -
Wrong. Your two flash cards won't hold the 72 to 108 high quality shots that three rolls of film will. You'd need several hundred dollars worth of flash cards for that.
A flash card reader attached to a PC in no way does what a Clik! drive does. The Clik! drives primary function is not to transfer pictures from the camera to the PC. You don't even need a flash card reader for that, since virtually all digital cameras come with serial or other cables allowing direct transfer of pictures to the PC. But most people DO take more than the four or five pictures today's average flash card holds and they don't take pictures only while sitting by their computers.
As far as sales data on Clik! goes, I think it's still inconclusive. The company hasn't really started promoting the product yet.
And if, as you say, the average person takes about 2-3 rolls of film per year, does that mean there's no real market for digital cameras? If that's true, then why are there so many companies making them?
Is it possible that you haven't done as much market research about people's photographic habits as Kodak, Nikon, Olympus, Canon, Fuji, Afga, et al have?
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