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HappyMartin · 05-09-2012, 01:08 PM

I love how everyone thinks that they have found the exception when it comes to digital technology upending their loved area of expertise or hobby. I did it with photography. I was sure digital would not take over from film. Fortunately I changed my point of view in 1994 and so I survived as a photographer.

I saw it with cinema photography, printing, design, music you name it. Now it is happening with books but apparently this will be the exception.

I remember the sales director for Southern Africa for Fuji film telling me digital would not take off in Africa as cameras would always be too expensive for the African market. Fifteen years later cell phones are everywhere and every one of them has a camera.

We will see

05-09-2012, 01:08 PM	#12
HappyMartin Martin Kristiansen Posts: 1,546 Karma: 8480958 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Johannesburg Device: Kindle International Ipad 2	I love how everyone thinks that they have found the exception when it comes to digital technology upending their loved area of expertise or hobby. I did it with photography. I was sure digital would not take over from film. Fortunately I changed my point of view in 1994 and so I survived as a photographer. I saw it with cinema photography, printing, design, music you name it. Now it is happening with books but apparently this will be the exception. I remember the sales director for Southern Africa for Fuji film telling me digital would not take off in Africa as cameras would always be too expensive for the African market. Fifteen years later cell phones are everywhere and every one of them has a camera. We will see