Digital BW, The Print

You are right, but we're stuck!

My first hard drive was a 10MB boat anchor that sold for $1300.  Since I had
a friend in the business, I got it for $900 --back in the 80's when that was
a lot.  Nature of the beast.

I was getting my D1 ready to sell for $1200 and found my original invoice in
the box at $4499. What can we do?  Back then I was told, "go digital or
don't work."  So I did, and they cut back!!

Anyway, be ready to leave that F4/F5 three-to-four year cycle behind.
Prepare for an 18 month change.

(Anyone want a Hasselblad or F100?)

Seth

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=Either way, it's bad enough when one must drop thousands just 
=to buy the camera body; now one must buy all new lenses, too!  
=Every day, digital photography looks more and more like the 
="upgrade each month" syndrome that has afflicted the computer 
=world for decades.  Great for manufacturers, but very, very 
=grim news for photographers.
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