Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[KastelCo]

Interesting discussion you guys are having.
A year ago even the landscape was very different.
But I think those one timers though are still making inroads.
http://www.pmai.org/new_pma/marketing_research/091202_cameras_to_go.pdf

Zeev's point on the digital killing them will happen but I think is a bit premature yet. A little more price decline to make the cameras even more mainstream and an increase in use of the usual photo finishing outlets to process digital images will do it though eventually. I think the 'one use' still have aways to go. By the standards of posters here these digital cameras may be cheaper but to many more folks they are still very expensive and the consumables for self printing are steep too.

We have decent equipment and still go through a few disposables a year, beach, camping, for the kids, skiing etc.. and those underwater ones are cool. As far as digitizing well I have a scanner.

People keep talking about deflation
Depends on what you're looking at n'est-ce pas ?
Try non commodities especially where the labour can be reduced (Mexican or better yet Chinese) Consumer Electronics, digital cameras :o), Satellite TV, cars if you consider the features today vs ten years ago. Look at those wonderful cordless weed whackers, power drills saws etc... Quality keeps going up and price keeps coming down. Here's my Black & Decker... Flip it over and Made in China. I agree on the commodities though and services which cannot be outsourced to another country...

regards,
Kastel
A cute and cuddly Canadian