Digital BW, The Print

Truman,

> Hard drives on desktops are much faster than hard drives on laptops
> which are faster than micro drives.

Of course, that's what I believe I said...

> Developing high speed flash memory
> is the answer for high resolution digital cameras - of course more speed
> means more power means more heat.

I agree that silicon storage is the answer, whether it is "flash" or some
other memory technique, is up for grabs IMO.  Also, as die processes shrink,
so does voltage...as well as resistance, and therefore heat is decreased, as
well as speed increased.

> An image contains a large amount of
> information and the best, cheapest, fastest storage medium for images
> still is film. The write time is basically zero - once the shutter is
> closed the image has been captured and "written" to the storage media.

Agreed.

> But, alas, film has some drawbacks.

Like what, aside from it isn't "instant", like digital?

> Ten years down the road it will be interesting to see how this all
> flushes out. Will the film camera be relegated to a revered place in the
> Smithsonian as a relic or the past, or will the many high end users come
> back to film after playing with digital and the digital camera nitch be
> the point and shoot photographer who wants to sent pictures of the kids
> to grandma? I think cost and ease of use will determine a lot of it.

I believe film will always be here, though relegated to more art than
standard P&S "photography".

Austin