My elderly mother always loved film for taking picture of the grandkids
and stuff and never could comprehend digital. Lord knows I tried to
convince her to go digital so she could share the pictures online, but
she was content mailing us all prints.
Last month she went to a new camera shop and they convinced her to get
one of the new digi-film cameras. I hadn't heard of them but boy, they
are great. They give her the best of both film and digital.
She snaps away to her hearts content, then takes the camera to the shop.
They downloads the imaged from the camera to their proprietary
computer and put them on a CD. At the same time, they burn negatives
for her so that they can make prints for her. She loves leaving the
store with negatives in hand -- even if they are digitally produced
negatives.
The camera was a bit pricey but it seems to be worth it. Last week she
paid them to upgrade it with more memory. Now it'll go up to 36
high-quality images before she needs to take it to the shop.
I hope this technology catches on and they expand it to other cameras
soon. Maybe then the price of the cameras will start to come down.
