Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:30:14 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/

interesting. with olympus getting out of the low end digital business
- point and shoot - and concentrating on the high end - dslr -, nikon
stops producing film cameras and canon thinking likewise, its going to
be an interesting year in the camera area.

PC Magazine recently had a review of the Olympus Evolt E-500, in case
you're interested.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1897608,00.asp
--
John H

******Have a spectacular day!******

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 22:01:56 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:20:51 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 11:30:14 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/

interesting. with olympus getting out of the low end digital business
- point and shoot - and concentrating on the high end - dslr -, nikon
stops producing film cameras and canon thinking likewise, its going to
be an interesting year in the camera area.

PC Magazine recently had a review of the Olympus Evolt E-500, in case
you're interested.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1897608,00.asp

just another nikon geek bashing olympus.

I didn't read it. Was it bad?

Oh. Well. Sorry about that.
--
John H

******Have a spectacular day!******

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/

interesting. with olympus getting out of the low end digital business
- point and shoot - and concentrating on the high end - dslr -, nikon
stops producing film cameras and canon thinking likewise, its going to
be an interesting year in the camera area.

Who uses film cameras any more?

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Dan J.S. wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/
interesting. with olympus getting out of the low end digital business
- point and shoot - and concentrating on the high end - dslr -, nikon
stops producing film cameras and canon thinking likewise, its going to
be an interesting year in the camera area.

Who uses film cameras any more?

Professional photographers.

I am not sure which ones. National Geographic photographers now use mostly
digital - even my sister's wedding, all professional photographers did
digital - one or two still did film.

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 11:06:16 -0500, Harry Krause
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Dan J.S. wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/
interesting. with olympus getting out of the low end digital business
- point and shoot - and concentrating on the high end - dslr -, nikon
stops producing film cameras and canon thinking likewise, its going to
be an interesting year in the camera area.

Who uses film cameras any more?



Professional photographers.

There are several professional photographers in the Torpedo Factory in
Alexandria. They sell prints up to about 4ft x 6ft. The ones I talked to
use digital cameras and very large Epson, for the most part, printers.
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John H

******Have a spectacular day!******

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:59:25 -0600, Dan J.S. wrote:

Who uses film cameras any more?

Me for one.
You still get better quality for a given investment that way.
This will change for sure.

And then you have all who shoot far away from the power grid.
The batteries in my 'chemical' cameras last for years and one
of them - my old SLR - even works with flat batteries if I
judge the light correctly....

BTW, I do have a digital camera too and I find it very useful
in situations when I wouldn't have bothered with photographing
in the past.

/Martin

Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 09:59:25 -0600, "Dan J.S." wrote:


"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 06:01:57 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


Konica - Minolta quitting camera business.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/01/1...ts_camera_biz/

interesting. with olympus getting out of the low end digital business
- point and shoot - and concentrating on the high end - dslr -, nikon
stops producing film cameras and canon thinking likewise, its going to
be an interesting year in the camera area.

Who uses film cameras any more?


i do.

Reminds me...I've had a roll of film in my Minolta SLR since Christmas
2004. That's when I received the HP digital camera.
I should haul out my Yashica D 2.25 camera for a go-around before 120
film becomes extinct.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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The National Geo photog I occasionally hire uses Nikons with polaroid
backs for setups, and 35 mm and 2-1/4 for money shots. Two of the three
Black Star photogs I hire use kodachrome almost exclusively. There are
reasons why the best shots are still taken with kodachrome or fujichrome
for magazine use.

There's a blast from the past. I know nothing about photography but back as
a teenager I bought a halfway decent camera to try to learn. I remember
trying kodachrome film for slides and was immediately impressed with the
rich, almost artificial colors.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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The National Geo photog I occasionally hire uses Nikons with polaroid
backs for setups, and 35 mm and 2-1/4 for money shots. Two of the three
Black Star photogs I hire use kodachrome almost exclusively. There are
reasons why the best shots are still taken with kodachrome or fujichrome
for magazine use.


There's a blast from the past. I know nothing about photography but back as
a teenager I bought a halfway decent camera to try to learn. I remember
trying kodachrome film for slides and was immediately impressed with the
rich, almost artificial colors.

Eisboch


Yeah. For crisp daylight outdoor shots...ASA 25 was the way to go.
For all else it was ASA 64.