Thank you all for an interesting discussion.
Then don't buy such products. Nobody is forcing you.
In a libertarian sense, yes, no-one is forcing me, especially since photography is a career. However this reminds me of the computer graphics industry, where the mere appearance of having older software is a detriment to a person, even if it may have the same function. You see, this is the key to my gripe, that the libertarian sense, no you don't have to buy things, however that doesn't work in a magic bullet chasing society.
Suppose a person existed who took enormous pleasure in researching, selecting, purchasing and using the finest camera there is, by whatever definition you want. Imagine that he never in his entire life produced a picture that required anywhere near the full capabilities of that camera, or that you or anybody else considered to be important or memorable in any way, but also that he died happy and satisfied with the experiences he had with the camera. Is there something wrong with that?
There's nothing wrong with enjoying that, and it's his perrogative. We have a great deal of freedom, and we're also free to be pretty unproductive too.
Huh! Tell that to the US car makers. During the 70s they lost their market share to the Japanese automakers. Why? A better alternative was available to customers cheaply and they choose it. Can't say that people were so used to mediocrity that they could not recognize a better alternative.
Yes but didnt several people have to die in a flaming pinto first before that shift began? I think that people do eventually come around.. but it takes a while. For instance, we don't know whether archival inkjet inks cdr's or dvd-rs will last, any more than we know whether RC paper prints will last. But if either of these things poop out, we'll have lost hundreds of thousands of pictures to them by that time -if and when they do.
Of course there's no profit running around like Chicken Little, but it's food for thought anyway, so I think.
Some do, others don't. Some chase the magic-bullet while others work on their aim. A superior tool helps a skilled user achieve their outcome. Appreciation of a superior tool doesn't grant it supremacy over the tool-user. A master marksman isn't hitting anything if their muzzle is crooked. At the same time, a hammer and chisel in Michelangelo's hands produce far different results than the same hammer and chisel in my hands!
Agreed.
Cheers!
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