"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature" Mmmm interesting. I essentially agree with this statement. Thinking about digital cameras in particular, they are great in many ways. You can view your image and re-take the photo if the image is fuzzy, wonky, full of friends with their eyes closed, or just think that you could do better. Which we all seem to because no-one takes one photo anymore, we take two, three or four, to then delete one, two or three. Technically film camera's produce photo's of a better quality and are more resistant to those of us who don't seem to be able to hold the camera still whilst pressing the button.
Digital camera's are expensive and full of complicated chips and techno-stuff. They're great but require a bit of careful handling. There is plenty to worry over, "will I scratch it, jolt it or accidentally submerge it whilst falling out of a kayak?" We can now download images onto our computer and view them in minutes, we can each send them across the planet in seconds. All good eh? Except I quite liked the excitement of sending off my camera film to a mysterious address and then waiting for my photos to appear on my doorstep. Looking through the photos would take me right back in time and I'd smile at the memories, despite the fact that my photos were usually not brilliant. Nowadays you need the techno-know-how and all the equipment to produce a physical image. Gone are the days of gathering round the photo album, now we have to set up the computer to view our memories. It's just not quite as accessible.
All in all, the old film camera did have something to offer and whilst digital cameras are great I don't agree that they are superior, just different.
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