Re: Digicam

["dickbo" <dickbo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How many press photographers do you know who are still using film?

How many fine art 'big print' operators are there as compared to bog
standard commercial operatives?

How many magazines do you know who produce images greater than A3

The vast majority of photographic output ends up printed on paper in some
kind of magazine or catalogue with an average image area no greater than 16"
sq inches.

Ask any drum scanner MD why he bought the product he owns and quality will
come after productivity.

Look, I used be a drum scanner operator producing colour separations  for
printers. I loved the things BUT nothing is forever and the market for drum
products will only really expand if they could be manufactured and sold at a
cost nearer to current flat bed prices, and that just cannot happen.

Their economics of production are such that they favour the large output
professional repro house BUT just as the Mac ended up as the standard
terminal of choice for type, page layout, design and image manipulation so
too will the digial imaging device end up dominating the real front end
market place i.e. the photographers little paradise.

The market for drum scanners will shrink down to specialist requirements
where pure image quality matters more than any other consideration including
selling price.

If I were your investment adviser I would not be suggesting you buy any
shares in drum scanner manufacturers, that is if any of them are public
companies any more.


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