There's an interesting editorial in the Japan Times today concerning Nikon's decision to stop producing most of its film cameras this year. The only two models to survive the cut in a digital age will be the F-6 and the FM10. According to the Times, "Last year about 72.2 million digital cameras were shipped compared to only 6.4 million film cameras."
What is interesting about the editorial is the following claim:
"Certainly, digital cameras are handy. But film cameras offer what digital cameras cannot -- high-quality images at a reasonable price and a better feel for taking pictures."
Say what?
Maybe that would have been true a few years ago, but I am not convinced the writer's claim can hold water today.