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Predicting the future is a tricky business. It could all be turned on its head by other as yet unforeseen factors.

In the meantime, all companies will be doing their best to survive.

Why do you guys use such a slow method to store images? Why pay a monthly fee and take hours uploading when an external hard drive will do the job quicker and at lower cost? :

The out of date image has been removed, please note the monthly competition images need to be shot in the month of the competition.

The Ricoh GR picture is fine, we took these cameras under our brief a while ago, for obvious reasons.

Apple have been able to make their products desirable. If a manufacturer can do that they will be successful.

Some camera manufacturers have been doing that for years, decades even.

Large successful corporations always seem to attract a hate group, be it Apple, Microsoft, Google...they have all had their moments. Companies are there to be successful and make money, there's nothing unseemly in making a profit. Good profits mean lots of new technology.

My feeling is that the Apple products are expensive but high quality. I don't like Mac computers much, but the iPhone and iPad are reliable and efficient. As for Apps, they have to be approved and of a standard as well. There are plenty of free Apps, including many major and significantly useful ones.

Once you've mastered a film like Velvia, the dynamic range of digital will never seem a problem again. It's a great exercise even if just from that point of view. All digital photographers should try at least one slide film. It will tighten up their composition skills and exposure skills.

I think you should keep your lenses and follow John's advice. Just carry the lenses you need for the trip you are going to make. The rest are your reserve stock to be taken out as needed.

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Velvia is quite a bright film, so do be careful not to blow out the highlights. You might have to accept that some shadows will just go black, but do keep detail in the brightest parts of the image anyway. Transparencies are ruined if over exposed.