Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "FD Finance" channel.

  1. in 1985 I graduated with a degree in electronics. We had been given major assignments on digital imaging, as at that time Japanese manufacturers were pouring millions into developing digital cameras, it was widely known in the electronics industry that they would be mass-marketing digital cameras within a few years. In 2002 I had a Japanese digital camera at work, which I used to take pictures of work projects. It was only 640 x 480 resolution though.
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  2.  @youarenotme01  Really? As well as my day job, I write articles for print media. All the print media I deal with only accept digital photographs for their illustrations, including full page stuff for which the highest quality is essential. Do you know how full colour magazines are done now? It's digital all the way - from the editor's word processor to the printing press. The press accepts PDF files and specialised digital file formats. If an editor was to decide to include a photo submitted as a colour slide, photographic print made from a negative, or a negative, it would have to be scanned into digital first. So there is no point in professionals using film. Those who still think film photography gives better quality than digital are kin to those losers who claim the vinyl records are better than CD's. However, just as old time record producers understood the limitations of vinyl and used vinyl to best advantage, a good photographer understands film and has learnt to use it to best advantage, even exploiting limitations eg the very good work done with black & white, creating a mood not present in colour. For digital, he has to learn again. I own a Mamiya RB67 and a Mamiya Press 6x7 system camera. Both very good pro-grade cameras I have owned since the 1970's and used to use a lot. But they are just museum pieces now. Even a cheap digital camera eg the wife's little Lumix is as good or better on colour, and nearly as good in resolution. Sometimes though I do wedding photos - the Mamiya Press is good at weddings - not because of image quality but because the wire frame sighting lets you react instantly a special moment happens.
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  3. In chip making, a factory tools up once and then turns out chips by the billion. If you make the gear for doing it, you sell maybe one a year. There is profit in it, but minute compared to selling billions of rolls of film.
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