I Get It Already! I’m Becoming A Dinosaur!

First, there was the death knell of the film camera market. Estimates say that 92 percent of all cameras sold are now digital.

Then came the announcements that Nikon and Kodak are exiting the film camera business and that Konica Minolta is exiting the camera business altogether.

Sooner rather than later, film will be as difficult to procure as flashcubes.

Today, they have announced the end of the megapixel race.

"In compact cameras, I think that the megapixel race is pretty much over," says Chuck Westfall, director of media for Canon's camera marketing group. "Seven- and eight-megapixel cameras seem to be more than adequate. We can easily go up to a 13-by-19 print and see very, very clear detail."

And with that, the manufacturers of digital cameras have given up the useless pose of pretending that their product is an old-school camera, and are letting their design sensibilities run wild, allowing form to follow function and no longer mimicking the size, shape and features of film cameras.

But I happen to really like the size, shape, feel and look of film cameras.

And will photographers opf the future wear those safari jackets overloaded with lenses, film canisters and filters? I think not. A blow to sterotyping and fashion, to boot.