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To: re3 who wrote (34608)	11/8/2000 12:23:41 AM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

digital photography is not that easy to do, sounds to me like j6p might muck up a few rolls before getting the hang of it There are no rolls in digital....no consumables at all. Its just as easy for a pro and easier when you consider that you get a preview on the spot of what you just shot. Do you have any idea just how much film is wasted trying to cover yer butt now? I did a test with a consumer grade camera about two years ago where I imported the files raw and printed them on a gang print using the auto settings on my Epson. I wanted to see how difficult it would be for a totally unsophisticated computer user to get good prints from the images without needing to Photoshop them. They were unbelievable good with zero manipulation. I've spent a lifetime making professional photographers look good in print because of all the dumb ass mistakes that they make while shooting.....not to mention what the labs do after the film is shot. Dream on if you think that professional photography isn't going pure digital and in a hurry. Inexpensive cameras do not match the quality of film yet....but they don't need to, they only have to match the quality of the reproduction. Which they do now. Remember everything you see in print has been digitized. What keeps pros buying film is only the intense fear of learning a new technology and a major distrust that their copyright will be respected....but this isn't much of a issue because the twenty-something coming out of art school doesn't have this fear and the old pros are constantly displaced in the market by a steady stream of twenty somethings just out of art school. I'm on about my fifth generation of hot shots after twenty five years in the biz. As for radiology taking up the slack.....I remember when graphics arts film was a big category for Kodak?.....ask somebody in graphic design how much of that they use now. LOL Maybe you can find a linotype operator to tell you.