Digital BW, The Print

A few years ago I decided to bite at the beautiful Contax G-1 range
finder. I was in 
Tokyo and the price was a few hundred bucks less than New York so I
decided to treat 
myself to a new camera. I-who usually carefully shop for the best
quality used gear-
put down 1100 for this great looking rangefinder.
What a piece of crap camera! Focus function was slow and unreliable
(passive auto) 
exposures except for manual mode were never correct. Looks
10-function 2. So I for 
one will not miss contax which in my opinion is a "status box" some
what a kin to a 
leica. They really aren't worth the extra money- but if you like
buying brand names...
IMHO digital is the best choice for commercial photography since most
of the images 
only really need to last thru the current issue of what ever they are
being used for.
Fleeting and disposable photographs-the use of digital images is an
environmentally 
sound choice. I include wedding and portrait professionals in this
category since most 
of the stuff they produce is rubbish-canned moments of phoney
emotion...there are 
very few "good" wedding or portrait photographers. 
I really think families should still shot their events on film. Film
will last much longer 
than digital files. Few home photographers practice proper back-up of
their digital 
files and every computer will have a crash event that will threaten
the hard drive. Mac 
or PC-they all crash. I predict in 20 years from now there are going
to be many many  
23 and 24 year olds who will be pissed off because there are no
pictures of thier 
chidhood-because dad didn't back up properly and all were lost in the
early part of 
the century due to a computer hard drive crash.
Migrating technology is also a big concern-you know something is
going to replace (hopefully!!)
those flimsy, cheap ass CD's soon-will everyone migrate to the new
media? -Does everyone go to the gym they pay membership to?-Doubtful.
Yet if you drop your film on the ground and run over it with the car
an image is going 
to survive- There will be some thing that will attest to the fact: I
was here...
jack