Re: filmscanners: Nikon 8000 ED or Polaroid Sprintscan 120 ??

[derek_c@cix.co.uk (Derek Clarke)]

There was a great April Fool I read last year for a digital camera that 
worked without lens or image sensor.

All it had was a compass and GPS linked to the shutter release. When the 
user got home there'd be a professionally photographed version of that 
scene from that angle in those lighting conditions waiting on the mat... 

panromek@bigpond.com (Roman =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kielich=AE?=) wrote:

> At 19:35 22/02/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> 
> >"What does that mean squire?" I hear you ask...
> >well what it means my son is that the photographers day's will be 
> numbered,
> >except for their legs and arms that is....their brain will be totally
> >redundant as the appropriate software will do the job, faster, more
> >reliably, with greater consistency, better quality, more imaginatively 
> and
> >finally.....cheaper.
> 
> it may work for a professional photographer, but it will fail with 
> amateurs.   The biggest amount of stuffed pics comes from Japan, with 
> the highest number of full auto, super duper cameras. You can replace 
> almost all members of your body, except one.
> 
> 
> "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already 
> tomorrow in Australia".
> 
>