Digital BW, The Print

Truman,

> There are alot of advantages in being "instant."

Of course, that's what I said...but aside from that...

> There are some
> environmental issues with film - heat and humidity for example.

And those same issues are even more so an issue with electronics.

> It might be in the future digital will also be the choice of
> photojournalist - get the shot, throw it on a satellite link and it's up
> on CNN 5 minutes after it is shot.

It already is a major choice of photojournalists.

> But the quailty demands for
> photojournalism are not the same as fine art.

Exactly why it works so well for them.

> It is going to be very difficult - at least in the immediate future for
> any digital camera to compete costwise with film cameras of the same
> construction and same optical quality.  The digital processing and
> storage issues and batter implications have their cost and given this
> additional cost I would rather it go into the optics.

Optics are the same, for film or digital now, so I don't see that as an
issue.  Digital cameras are vastly cheaper for some people to use...and for
others, not so.  It all depends on what your needs are.

Austin