Are point and shoot film cameras 'obsolete' already?
How sad. I love that they do not have shutter lag and the photos are grain free (properly exposed of course), for a fraction of the price of modern whiz-bang digicams. By the way, does anyone know whether it's Singaporeans who are so obsessed with digicams? I do not mean that digicams are bad and in fact own one, but why do so many of my colleagues want to go digital when they know next to nothing about it? One of them told me she and her husband have wanted to get a digital camera for a long time because when they go out on family trips (within Singapore), they see so many people using digital cameras, and they're afraid of looking 'suaku'. Interestingly, I once observed a group of japanese tourists at Botanic Gardens, a good mix of young and old. Almost all of them were using film point and shoot cameras!
Sorry for the digression
As for what you can do with obsolete photographic equipment, what about sealing them in a time capsule for your future generation? Or pair your 8MB card with an old digicam and give it to your kids/ nieces/nephews/neighbourhood kid? You may help kindle a child's interest in photography.
