wraez

I love the 'instant' of digital and the ease of loading into the computer and sharing with family and friends by email.

warm quilt hugs, sue in CA

jitkaau

I've developed film from when I was a child,but now prefer the ease of digital.

lvmybskt

The film that won't be made anymore is the slide type of film. Not regular film for our older cameras. I still like my film camera and use it often. But I send it to my daughter to develop at school. It doesn't cost much to develop and I still send lots of digital pictures to be developed.

Living the Dream

I, too, got black and white photos with this year's Christmas cards. But those came from digital cameras! There are several printing techniques available, even sepia tone.

I love love love digital cameras. Just about every other day I get an email from my daughter with baby pictures. I have hundreds of pictures but rarely get any printed even though that is so easy.

Living the Dream

Even easier than transferring the digital files to a memory card and taking it to the photo printer at Walmart or CVS, is to just send the image electronically to the store and pick it up next time you're at that store. The pictures are ready in an hour and only cost about 20 cents. I do this every time I want a paper picture. Also, I like to do all my cropping and red-eye fixing at home so I don't have to wait for someone else to finish using the photo printer.

husband-of-a-quilter

I was very fortunate to use the first Apple QuickTake camera in 1994 at work and saw this as way cool. I had the privilege to use a Sony Digital Mavica MVC-FD7 in 1997 and used this for years. It was a .6 megapixel camera with a 10X optical zoom and recorded the pictures on a 3 1/2 inch floppy disc (still have the camera and it still works). It is so great to take thousands of pictures and not have to worry about developing them. I now own a Nikon DSLR and a Panasonic DSLR like camera and love them. Below is a picture of a sunrise I took over 10 years ago with the Sony Mavica. I do not miss film and have not for many years.

cheryl rearick

I have had both and to be honest I will miss the old way. Seems it was easer to snap a roll in snap it out and take to store then pick it up. silly me. I took more pictures and would take a few rolls in at a time.

Elfi2

Just brought it on the news again tonight, here in Australia and this fellow from the States said that nowhere in the wide world will they be processing Kodachrome films anymore after Dec 30

ameriguat

I LOVE my digital camera. I haven't processed film in YEARS. I make DVDs, CDs of pictures. Pictures take up so much space and with photo editing sofware (I have photoshop) you can make color crisper, make it B&W or sienna,(My camera does all three) add effects and you can crop, make it any size you want. With film...you never knew what you were getting.

lab fairy

I guess it depends on what purpose you are producing your picture. Is this for a snapshot or an "art picture"? To me, the "easy way" does not always produce the best product. Digital photos pixilate so easily and you get really sloppy enlargements. For a snapshot and a quick photo it is OK.

I have been on the digital edge from the beginning and still hate it. I own many high dollar SLR's (there are a couple Mavica's hanging around too) and I use them but my earlier cameras were better. It is sad that color slide chemistry will be non-existant because it is a simple 2 step process and very easy. I worked in the photo industry (for a company who produced film) and spent many hours in the darkroom. Nothing smells quite like a darkroom. :roll: