Another Bricks & Mortar Photo Store Closure

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Legendary-SF-photo-shop-Adolf-Gasser-to-shutter-11040079.php

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Regards,

Savageduck

On 1/04/2017 4:29 @wiz, Savageduck wrote:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Legendary-SF-photo-shop-Adolf-Gasser-to-shutter-11040079.php




I'll bet all that "digital vs film" bull and underhand marketing of a
few years ago has backfired BIG TIME for camera shops...
Yup, I know who they were and where. Some from NZ, even.
Ah well, wonders will never cease.
Why is it that "instant cameras" and other crap of the film days was so
popular?
Because the folks who take photos with them - and now with digital
phones - don't give a toss about quality: they just want their cat or
dog or kids at the right moment.
Nothing wrong with that, BTW!

In article , Noons
wrote:

On 1/04/2017 4:29 @wiz, Savageduck wrote:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/...y-SF-photo-sho
p-Adolf-Gasser-to-shutter-11040079.php




I'll bet all that "digital vs film" bull and underhand marketing of a
few years ago has backfired BIG TIME for camera shops...
Yup, I know who they were and where. Some from NZ, even.
Ah well, wonders will never cease.
Why is it that "instant cameras" and other crap of the film days was so
popular?
Because the folks who take photos with them - and now with digital
phones - don't give a toss about quality: they just want their cat or
dog or kids at the right moment.
Nothing wrong with that, BTW!

The man is old and the building is gonna expropriated within a couple of
decades so his daughter want be able to keep it to retirement. He also
owns the building and have found out that he can get better revenue from
letting the space rather than working it...
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teleportation kills

On 02/04/2017 11:48, Noons wrote:
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I'll bet all that "digital vs film" bull and underhand marketing of a
few years ago has backfired BIG TIME for camera shops...
Yup, I know who they were and where. Some from NZ, even.
Ah well, wonders will never cease.
Why is it that "instant cameras" and other crap of the film days was so
popular?
Because the folks who take photos with them - and now with digital
phones - don't give a toss about quality: they just want their cat or
dog or kids at the right moment.
Nothing wrong with that, BTW!

Many of today's smartphones are capable of rather better quality than
Instamatic cameras. Whether the users choose to take advantage of that
is another matter. The 2 Mpix display has largely taken the place of
the print, though.

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Cheers,
David
Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

In article , David Taylor
wrote:

I'll bet all that "digital vs film" bull and underhand marketing of a
few years ago has backfired BIG TIME for camera shops...
Yup, I know who they were and where. Some from NZ, even.
Ah well, wonders will never cease.
Why is it that "instant cameras" and other crap of the film days was so
popular?
Because the folks who take photos with them - and now with digital
phones - don't give a toss about quality: they just want their cat or
dog or kids at the right moment.
Nothing wrong with that, BTW!

Many of today's smartphones are capable of rather better quality than
Instamatic cameras.

all of them are better quality than instamatic cameras, except stuff
such as the noname dirt cheap crap phones with vga quality sensors.

plus, smartphones do things not possible with instamatic cameras,
including hdr, panoramas, live photos, portrait mode and 4k video.

Whether the users choose to take advantage of that
is another matter.

no need to choose. it's better quality unless they intentionally make
the image ****ty, such as using an instagram filter to give it the look
of an instamatic camera, and for some reason, that's very popular.

The 2 Mpix display has largely taken the place of
the print, though.

smartphones and tablets have taken its place, regardless of how many
pixels there might be, and it's much better quality than a print.