Boltar wrote:
Mrs Redboots wrote:
Film? Goodness, how quaint! Anybody else still use it????

Yup. Why should I pay 200 quid for a half decent digital camera and
then
have to fork out for a photo printer or just take the memory card down
a developers anyway when I can keep using my perfectly good 35mm
camera and get a free film whenever I get my shots developed.

But then you end up with hundreds of paper photographs. A lot easier to
keep them all online for easy browsing/viewing/slideshow-ing

Stimpy wrote:
Boltar wrote:
Mrs Redboots wrote:
Film? Goodness, how quaint! Anybody else still use it????

Yup. Why should I pay 200 quid for a half decent digital camera and
then
have to fork out for a photo printer or just take the memory card
down
a developers anyway when I can keep using my perfectly good 35mm
camera and get a free film whenever I get my shots developed.

But then you end up with hundreds of paper photographs. A lot easier
to
keep them all online for easy browsing/viewing/slideshow-ing

I think perhaps we have a generational gap here. I *want* paper
photographs. The *last* think I want to do when browsing photos is to
have to wheel out a computer and view them on a screen especially if
I want to take them to friends or family!

B2003

Boltar wrote:
Stimpy wrote:
Boltar wrote:
Mrs Redboots wrote:
Film? Goodness, how quaint! Anybody else still use it????

Yup. Why should I pay 200 quid for a half decent digital camera
and then
have to fork out for a photo printer or just take the memory card
down a developers anyway when I can keep using my perfectly good
35mm camera and get a free film whenever I get my shots developed.

But then you end up with hundreds of paper photographs. A lot
easier to keep them all online for easy
browsing/viewing/slideshow-ing

I think perhaps we have a generational gap here. I *want* paper
photographs. The *last* think I want to do when browsing photos is
to have to wheel out a computer and view them on a screen
especially if I want to take them to friends or family!

We're going to visit some friends tomorrow whom we haven't seen for
about 9 months, so I shall put together a "slide show" on the laptop
with a selection of our recent photos. That's a lot more manageable
than picking individual photos out of whatever paper storage you have
and putting them all back in place afterwards. But then, I don't have
to "wheel out" a computer because it's there already as part of the
environment I live in, just like the fridge or the TV.

It's not necessarily a generational thing. I'm old enough to remember
going to school on ST buses and ex-LSWR 1916-vintage EMUs.
--
Richard J.
(to e-mail me, swap uk and yon in address)

Richard J. wrote:
We're going to visit some friends tomorrow whom we haven't seen for
about 9 months, so I shall put together a "slide show" on the laptop
with a selection of our recent photos. That's a lot more manageable
than picking individual photos out of whatever paper storage you have
and putting them all back in place afterwards. But then, I don't
have

Preparing a slide show takes , I dunno , 15 mins? Dumping a load of
photo
albums in a bag probably takes 30 secs.

to "wheel out" a computer because it's there already as part of the
environment I live in, just like the fridge or the TV.

Well not everyone has one funnily enough and not everyone wants to
invest
a large sum of money in a laptop (especially since desktops are cheaper
and have better perfomance) just to cart some photos around. Plus you
can just hand a photo album to someone and go do something else , you
don't have to operate it or teach them how to operate it themselves
just
so they can view some photos. Seems like technology for its own sake to
me but everyone has their point of view. *shrug*

B2003

Boltar wrote:
Richard J. wrote:
We're going to visit some friends tomorrow whom we haven't seen for
about 9 months, so I shall put together a "slide show" on the laptop
with a selection of our recent photos. That's a lot more manageable
than picking individual photos out of whatever paper storage you have
and putting them all back in place afterwards. But then, I don't
have

Preparing a slide show takes , I dunno , 15 mins? Dumping a load of
photo albums in a bag probably takes 30 secs.

ACD-See will make any folder into a slide show instantly. I think Windows
XP has a similar feature

Hey guys,
They have contacted me.
And they are now deciding what they should do.
But guys i love Film,
You see film still has the advantage on blow ups.
And for an extra 3 quid i can have a cd made, so i can put them on the
computer.
Digital is great but, for 2000 grand for a digital SLR where a 35mm SLR
with the same features is 400.
Have a great week
James.

"EorJames" wrote in message
oups.com...
Digital is great but, for 2000 grand for a digital SLR where a 35mm SLR
with the same features is 400.

Ho-Hum...
http://www.askdirect.co.uk/uview?cal...Search&id=6254
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/phot...quicklinx=31K8
Both slightly less than £2,000,000 I think you'll find...
--
Cheers, Steve.
Change from jealous to sad to reply.

EorJames wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 30 Mar 2005:

Digital is great but, for 2000 grand for a digital SLR where a 35mm SLR
with the same features is 400.
Have a great week
James.

Well, my digital camera cost me well under £100 - as, actually, did my
35 mm machine, but it's a lot more expensive to run!
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 20 March 2005

Boltar wrote to uk.transport.london on Wed, 30 Mar 2005:

I think perhaps we have a generational gap here. I *want* paper
photographs. The *last* think I want to do when browsing photos is to
have to wheel out a computer and view them on a screen especially if
I want to take them to friends or family!

My mother is nearer 80 than 70 and adores her digital camera! Okay, she
did invest in a dedicated printer, but she loves being in control of
which shots she prints, etc. Plus not having to buy expensive films,
and then spend more money having them developed.....
--
"Mrs Redboots"
http://www.amsmyth.demon.co.uk/
Website updated 20 March 2005

Boltar wrote:

But then you end up with hundreds of paper photographs. A lot
easier to keep them all online for easy
browsing/viewing/slideshow-ing

I think perhaps we have a generational gap here. I *want* paper
photographs. The *last* think I want to do when browsing photos is to
have to wheel out a computer and view them on a screen especially if
I want to take them to friends or family!

Generational gap? Maybe... I'm 52.

If I have a selection of photos to circulate I just burn them to a photo-dvd
and mail them or sit round the TV and watch the DVD