My vacation survey, digital vs film

[mark kay]

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. As expected there were thousands of tourists... happily snapping photos. To my surprise and unoffical, non-scientific survey, it seems that there were relatively few using digicams. I would estimate the number as less than 10%. Mark

 

[Bill C]

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. As expected there were
thousands of tourists... happily snapping photos. To my surprise
and unoffical, non-scientific survey, it seems that there were
relatively few using digicams. I would estimate the number as less
than 10%. Mark

And, I wonder how many of the other 90 percent will have partial rolls that won't get developed for several months! I was at Epcot last month, and there appeared to be a very high number of digital cameras/camcorders - of course, the majority of the tourists were from Japan!
Bill

 

[Stephen Livick]

Hello Bill

When I was in Japan not so long ago I had the distinct impression that North America was more like the third world, coming home only helped to solidify that impression.

Just my personal view point!

Stephen

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. As expected there were
thousands of tourists... happily snapping photos. To my surprise
and unoffical, non-scientific survey, it seems that there were
relatively few using digicams. I would estimate the number as less
than 10%. Mark

And, I wonder how many of the other 90 percent will have partial
rolls that won't get developed for several months! I was at Epcot
last month, and there appeared to be a very high number of digital
cameras/camcorders - of course, the majority of the tourists were
from Japan!
Bill

 

[Forrest41926]

When I was in Japan not so long ago I had the distinct impression
that North America was more like the third world, coming home only
helped to solidify that impression.

I think the official term is "caveman-land."

 

[mark kay]

Stephen. I took note that many of the Asians on holiday in Italy were still using film cameras. Of course I could not determine the percentage of japanese. Perhaps there is a difference between the European tourists and natives in the homeland. Mark

When I was in Japan not so long ago I had the distinct impression
that North America was more like the third world, coming home only
helped to solidify that impression.

Just my personal view point!

Stephen

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. As expected there were
thousands of tourists... happily snapping photos. To my surprise
and unoffical, non-scientific survey, it seems that there were
relatively few using digicams. I would estimate the number as less
than 10%. Mark

And, I wonder how many of the other 90 percent will have partial
rolls that won't get developed for several months! I was at Epcot
last month, and there appeared to be a very high number of digital
cameras/camcorders - of course, the majority of the tourists were
from Japan!
Bill

 

[MagicAngel]

It might be that the age of the tourists and the availabity of PCs would also have an impact on those numbers. People who don't have PCs aren't going to be shooting digital. People who are old and don't have PCs will not be shooting digital and might never go digital.

I also suspect that because 95% if the digital cameras sold up until today suck, so people don't want their good vacation photos in a sucky format. As people update to the newer digital cameras, that will change. It is possible that 30 ro 40% of those people had digital cameras, but didn't want to use them.

I know I wouldn't want my good vacation photos shot on my old digital camera. It wasn't up to the task of perserving my best times. It was great for around the house and things like that, but not for the 'good stuff'.

I wonder what percentage of those cameras were disposible.

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. As expected there were
thousands of tourists... happily snapping photos. To my surprise
and unoffical, non-scientific survey, it seems that there were
relatively few using digicams. I would estimate the number as less
than 10%. Mark

 

[tko40462]

Having recently toured Hong Kong and Japan visiting relatives, I noticed that the electronics in Asia were for SHOW (teenagers impressing friends) while the electronics in the US were for GO (networked computers in bedrooms).

The total electronic content of a Hong Kong household is much less than most US households. Asian electronics tend to be small and portable (cell phones, handheld games), US electronics larger (large screen TV's, computers, big stereos) for obvious reasons.

Both countries seem to have an equal number of walkman's!

Amazingly enough, the cell phone usage in Hong Kong is much, much higher than in Japan.

 

[mark kay]

I saw a few people with disposable cameras... not many that I noticed but they could have been in pockets and not in cases on belts or around the neck. They certainly had alot of the disposables for sale in the tourist shops.

I did see a nice camera shop in Florence. They sold Canon G1s, D30, Olympus 3040 among others. The prices were extremely high. The G1 was about 1100 USDs. mark

I also suspect that because 95% if the digital cameras sold up
until today suck, so people don't want their good vacation photos
in a sucky format. As people update to the newer digital cameras,
that will change. It is possible that 30 ro 40% of those people
had digital cameras, but didn't want to use them.

I know I wouldn't want my good vacation photos shot on my old
digital camera. It wasn't up to the task of perserving my best
times. It was great for around the house and things like that, but
not for the 'good stuff'.

I wonder what percentage of those cameras were disposible.

I recently returned from a trip to Italy. As expected there were
thousands of tourists... happily snapping photos. To my surprise
and unoffical, non-scientific survey, it seems that there were
relatively few using digicams. I would estimate the number as less
than 10%. Mark