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Will we always be able to buy film?
"jjs" wrote in message ... _Real_ muskets were each hand-made and different, lock, stock and barrel. If something broke, a new part made had to be hand-made. Then Sam Colt implemented standardized parts, mass production, interchangability, and the craft of musket making all but disappeared. So now any moron can buy and shoot a musket. Rather like photography. That's true, but they don't make film like they did in 1945 either. In fact, the 2004 film I put into my 1955 Fed 2 is a lot better than the film that was put in that camera when it was new. Doesn't stop me from taking good pictures with it. I agree that photography has become a trivialized pursuit, but a small percentage of people take it seriously and excel with it. One could argue (quite legitimately, I think) that the push toward digital trivializes photography all the more, making the percentage of quality photography even smaller than it was when film was the only viable way of recording images. Does that really matter, though? There are lots of hack writers and yet the really wonderful books seem to get read. I know who Mordecai Richler is, but I don't know the name of a single Harlequin Romance author. Jim |
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