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The $20 Billion Question

   
Author: Jason Busch
< P > < B > A B r i e f H i s t o r y O f I m a g e P r o c e s s i n g < / B > < / P > < P > I r e m e m b e r b a c k i n F e b r u a r y o f 2 0 0 1 , w h e n I p u r c h a s e d m y f i r s t d i g i t a l c a m e r a . T h e O l y m p u s E - 1 0 . A t t h e t i m e , i t w a s a r e v o l u t i o n a r y d i g i t a l m a s t e r p i e c e a n d a s c l o s e t o a n a c t u a l D S L R a s o n e c o u l d g e t , w i t h o u t s p e n d i n g a r o u n d $ 3 0 0 0 ( t h e C a n o n D 3 0 f o r e x a m p l e ) . T h e c o m m o n t h e m e o f n e w d i g i t a l c a m e r a o w n e r s w a s p r i n t i n g y o u r o w n i m a g e s a t y o u r o w n l e i s u r e , o n y o u r o w n p r i n t e r . F o r m a n y s o o n - t o - b e d i g i t a l o w n e r s a n d l u r k e r s w h o c r u i s e d t h e p h o t o g r a p h y f o r u m s , t h e p o s s i b i l i t i e s w e r e e n d l e s s w h e n i t c a m e t o d i g i t a l p r o c e s s i n g . N o m o r e w a i t i n g f o r t h e l o c a l p r i n t i n g l a b s t o s c r e w u p y o u r i m a g e s f r o m y o u r 3 5 m m n e g a t i v e s . N o w , y o u c o u l d p r o c e s s t h e m y o u r s e l f w i t h a n i m a g e e d i t o r , a n d p r i n t t h e m i n y o u r o w n h o m e . A n d s o t h e l i n e s f o r c a m e r a s s u c h a s t h e E - 1 0 , w e r e b e g i n n i n g t o g r o w . < / P > < P > A s a n a s i d e , I p e r s o n a l l y h a d t o w a i t t w o m o n t h s b e f o r e I r e c e i v e d m y O l y m p u s E - 1 0 . P r e v i o u s l y , I o w n e d a c o m p l e t e O l y m p u s I S - 3 D L X s y s t e m . A n d o f c o u r s e t h i s p a i d f o r t h e E - 1 0 p u r c h a s e . T h e r e w a s j u s t n o w a y t o d o i t o t h e r w i s e . T h e 4 M P O l y m p u s E - 1 0 , i n l a t e 2 0 0 0 a n d e a r l y 2 0 0 1 h a d a p r i c e t a g o f a r o u n d $ 1 9 0 0 . S o m e w e r e p a y i n g $ 2 1 0 0 o r m o r e j u s t t o g e t a h e a d o f t h e r e s t o f t h e E - 1 0 o r d e r s . < / P > < P > B y 2 0 0 1 , w e h a d a p p r o x i m a t e l y 8 3 % o f t h o s e w h o w a n t e d d i g i t a l p r i n t s , p r o c e s s i n g t h e i r o w n i m a g e s a n d p r i n t i n g t h e m a t h o m e . T h i s w a s p r e t t y m u c h t h e n o r m . B y n o w , d i s c u s s i o n s o n h o w t h e f i l m i n d u s t r y w a s g o i n g t o s u r v i v e , a n d h o w 1 - h r p r o c e s s i n g l a b s w e r e g o i n g t o r e m a i n i n b u s i n e s s o r f a i l m i s e r a b l y , t o o k t h e l e a d i n h e a t e d d e b a t e s . I m a g e q u a l i t y d e b a t e s o n f i l m v e r s u s d i g i t a l w e r e a l s o v e r y p r e v a l e n t a t t h e t i m e . E v e n t h o u g h t h e r e w e r e 8 4 o u t o f 1 0 0 p h o t o g r a p h e r s p r i n t i n g a t h o m e , A b o u t 7 o u t o f 1 0 0 p h o t o g r a p h e r s , h a d t h e i r i m a g e s p r i n t e d o n l i n e . T h i s w a s a f a i r l y n e w i d e a , a n d t u r n - a r o u n d t i m e s w e r e v e r y i m p o r t a n t . S o m e o n l i n e p r i n t i n g b u s i n e s s e s d i d n ' t s u r v i v e . I n t h e s a m e y e a r , w e a l s o h a d 1 0 o u t o f 1 0 0 p h o t o g r a p h e r s s t i l l u s i n g t h e r e t a i l m e t h o d f o r t h e i r p r i n t i n g . < / P > < P > < B > T h e C u r r e n t I m a g e P r o c e s s i n g T r e n d < / B > < / P > < P > O n l y 3 y e a r s l a t e r , w e h a v e a n i n t e r e s t i n g c h a n g e i n p r i n t i n g t r e n d s . A l i t t l e o v e r 5 0 % o f t h e p r i n t i n g i s s t i l l d o n e a t h o m e , b u t a b o u t 4 0 % i s n o w d o n e i n t h e r e t a i l p r i n t i n g s e c t o r . T h i s i s a d r a m a t i c c h a n g e f r o m t h e d a y s w h e n p h o t o g r a p h e r s w a n t e d t o d o t h e j o b t h e m s e l v e s . S o , w h y s u c h a s h i f t ? W h y a r e p h o t o g r a p h e r s c h a n g i n g t h e i r p r i n t i n g p r e f e r e n c e s ? < / P > < P > I n o r d e r t o f i n d o u t w h y t h e s h i f t i n p r i n t i n g p r e f e r e n c e s , w e a g a i n h a v e t o l o o k i n t o t h e r e c e n t p a s t . A s p h o t o g r a p h e r s a n d h o b b y i s t s b e c a m e a w a r e w i t h i n a f e w m o n t h s o f o w n i n g t h e i r d i g i t a l c a m e r a s , e d i t i n g a n d p r i n t i n g p h o t o s w a s n o t a s f u n a n d c o n v e n i e n t a s t h e y h a d h o p e d i t t o b e . I m a g e e d i t i n g s o f t w a r e h a d t o b e p u r c h a s e d ( t h e b e s t o n e b e i n g s e v e r a l h u n d r e d s o f d o l l a r s ) , m o r e h a r d d r i v e s p a c e h a d t o b e p u r c h a s e d d u e t o c u r r e n t s t o r a g e b e i n g r a p i d l y u s e d u p , b u t m o r e i m p o r t a n t l y , p e r s o n a l p r i n t i n g c o s t s w e r e q u i t e e x p e n s i v e . P r i n t e r s w e r e c h e a p , b u t t h e p r i n t i n g c a r t r i d g e s t h e m s e l v e s e a s i l y a d d e d u p t o t h e c o s t o f t h e p r i n t e r i n o n l y a f e w m o n t h s i f y o u w e r e a r e g u l a r p h o t o g r a p h e r w h o p r i n t e d p h o t o s . T h e d i g i t a l c a m e r a o w n e r w a s b e g i n n i n g t o l o o k t o o t h e r a l t e r n a t i v e s . R e t a i l P r i n t i n g R e s p o n d s < / P > < P > I n 2 0 0 2 , t h e d i g i t a l p r i n t i n g l a b s w e r e s o o n r e p l a c i n g t h e o n - s i t e f i l m l a b s ( o r a t t h e l e a s t , b e i n g a d d e d t o t h e f i l m l a b s ) . N o w y o u c o u l d b r i n g y o u r i m a g e s i n o n a C D - R O M w h i l e s h o p p i n g f o r g r o c e r i e s a n d c l o t h e s , a n d h a v e t h e r e t a i l s t o r e p r i n t t h e m f o r y o u w h e n y o u w e r e f i n i s h e d b y t h e t i m e y o u c h e c k e d o u t . T h e r e t u r n o f t h e 1 - h r p r i n t i n g s e r v i c e h a d r e t u r n e d , a n d i t w a s d i g i t a l . N o t o n l y w a s t h i s l e s s e x p e n s i v e ( a b o u t 1 / 3 o f t h e c o s t o f h o m e p r i n t i n g ) , b u t t h e c o n v e n i e n c e w a s d r i v i n g f a c t o r . I f y o u h a d a w e d d i n g s h o o t o v e r t h e w e e k e n d , y o u d i d t h e j o b , g o t h o m e a n d e d i t e d t h e b e s t i m a g e s , b u r n e d t h e i m a g e s t o C D , a n d s k i p p e d a n d h u m m e d d o w n t o y o u r f a v o r i t e r e t a i l p r i n t i n g o u t l e t . A f e w d a y s l a t e r , m a y b e e v e n a d a y l a t e r , y o u h a d y o u r i m a g e s r e a d y . A n d t h e y w e r e P E R F E C T . W h y ? T h e r e t a i l c h a i n s t o r e u s e d F u j i ' s F r o n t i e r p r i n t i n g s y s t e m f o r s t a r t e r s . H e r e y o u h a d a c c e s s t o a $ 2 5 0 , 0 0 0 + p r i n t e r , a n d y o u p a i d l e s s p e r p r i n t t h a n y o u r $ 1 5 0 p r i n t e r y o u t h o u g h t w a s a g r e a t d e a l . O h b o y , t h i s w a s g r e a t ! M o r e p h o t o g r a p h e r s n e e d e d t o k n o w a b o u t t h i s ! < / P > < P > W e l l , m o r e p h o t o g r a p h e r s d i d . A n d h e r e w e a r e t o d a y w i t h r e t a i l p r i n t i n g r e a c h i n g a 4 0 % s h a r e i n d i g i t a l p r i n t i n g s e r v i c e s . F r o m t h e l o o k s o f i t , t h i s m a r k e t s h a r e w i l l o n l y i n c r e a s e . I t i s e s t i m a t e d t h a t 8 b i l l i o n p r i n t s w i l l b e m a d e j u s t t h i s y e a r a l o n e , a n d h a l f o f t h e m w i l l b e f r o m t h e r e t a i l s t o r e s . C u r r e n t l y , a b o u t 4 0 % o f U S h o u s e h o l d s h a v e s o m e s o r t o f d i g i t a l c a m e r a . < / P > < P > < B > W h a t W i l l T h e F u t u r e M e a n T o D i g i t a l P h o t o g r a p h e r s ? < / B > < / P > < P > T h i s i s p r o b a b l y o n e o f t h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t q u e s t i o n s . W h a t w e d o k n o w , i s t h a t t h e d i g i t a l a g e i s r e q u i r i n g a s c a l e o f d i g i t a l s t o r a g e b e y o n d e x p e c t a t i o n s . I w o u l d g u e s s a b o u t 9 0 % o f m o s t i m a g e s a r e n o t p r i n t e d , b u t a r e s t o r e d l o c a l l y o n a c o m p u t e r , o r o n l i n e w i t h a p a r t i c u l a r s e r v i c e . B e c a u s e d i g i t a l p h o t o g r a p h y i s i n h e r e n t l y s o e a s y , a n d t h e a m o u n t o f i m a g e s s t o r e d i s o n l y l i m i t e d t o t h e m e d i a c a r d c a p a c i t y y o u h a v e , t h e a v e r a g e d i g i t a l c o n s u m e r i s f i n d i n g o u t h i s h a r d d r i v e c o n t a i n s m o s t l y i m a g e s ! A n d a d d t o t h e f a c t m e d i a c a r d s a r e a t t h e i r l o w e s t p r i c e s e v e r d u e t o a s t a g n a t i o n o f m e d i a p u r c h a s e s i n g e n e r a l , a n d y o u h a v e a c a t a l y s t f o r l a r g e r s t o r a g e n e e d s . < / P > < P > D i g i t a l c a m e r a s a n d t h e i r f i l e s i z e s a r e a l s o i n c r e a s i n g v e r y q u i c k l y d u e t o n e w m o d e l s s u p p o r t i n g h i g h e r m e g a p i x e l r e s o l u t i o n s . T h e a v e r a g e d i g i t a l c a m e r a h a s a r o u n d 6 - 8 M P t h e s e d a y s . A 6 M P d i g i t a l , n o n - D S L R , i s a r o u n d $ 3 0 0 - $ 4 0 0 . 8 M P c a m e r a s a r e s t i l l a l i t t l e e x p e n s i v e , a v e r a g i n g a r o u n d $ 7 0 0 a n d u p . H o w e v e r , t h e c a m e r a m a n u f a c t u r e r s a r e n o t i c i n g a n i n c r e a s i n g a m o u n t o f c o n s u m e r s h a v i n g f e w p r o b l e m s s p e n d i n g m o r e . < / P > < P > S o m e o f t h e q u e s t i o n s r e t a i l e r s a r e c u r r e n t l y a s k i n g b e h i n d c l o s e d d o o r s , a r e : < / P > < P > < U L > < P > < / P > < P > < L I > A t w h a t p o i n t d o e s a c o n s u m e r r e l y o n o u r p r i n t i n g r e s o u r c e s , v e r s u s t h e i r h o m e p r i n t i n g n e e d s ? < L I > H o w a r e w e g o i n g t o h a n d l e t h e l a r g e s t o r a g e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f a u s e r ' s o n l i n e p r o f i l e o f i m a g e s ? < L I > D o e s o n l i n e p r i n t i n g a f f e c t t h e w a y a c o n s u m e r d e c i d e s t o p r i n t h i s o w n i m a g e s a t h o m e ? < L I > W i l l t h e r e n e e d t o b e a n e v e n t u a l s p l i t t i n g o f r e s o u r c e s f o r t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l p h o t o g r a p h e r a n d c o m m o n h o b b y i s t ? < L I > H o w a r e w e g o i n g t o d e a l w i t h t h e i n c r e a s i n g d e m a n d f o r i n - s t o r e p r i n t i n g s e r v i c e s ? < L I > H o w d o w e p r o v i d e f o r t h e p r o f e s s i o n a l a n d s t i l l k e e p t h e s i m p l e c o n s u m e r ? < L I > H o w d o k i o s k s a f f e c t t h e p r i n t i n g n e e d s ? < L I > P h o t o P r i n t i n g K i o s k s I n D e m a n d < / L I > < / U L > < P > < / P > < P > A n o t h e r s i d e t o r e t a i l p r i n t i n g , i s t h e s u p e r - f a s t P h o t o K i o s k C e n t e r . I f y o u d o n ' t w a n t t o s t a n d i n l i n e o n t h e w e e k e n d f o r o n l y a f e w i m a g e s , o r y o u o n l y h a v e a p a r t i c u l a r m e d i a c a r d w i t h y o u , s i m p l y u s e t h e K i o s k t o l o a d t h e i m a g e s i n t h e m a c h i n e , s e l e c t t h e a s s o r t m e n t o f o p t i o n s ( w h i c h a r e c u r r e n t l y i n c r e a s i n g ) , s e l e c t p a y m e n t o p t i o n s , a n d p r i n t t h e i m a g e s . < / P > < P > C u r r e n t l y 2 5 % o f a l l K i o s k s a r e f o r p r i n t i n g i m a g e s . T h i s i s a r a t h e r l a r g e s h a r e , c o n s i d e r i n g h o w m a n y d i f f e r e n t k i o s k s t h e r e a r e . A n d t h e k i o s k s a r e f e a t u r i n g m o r e o p t i o n s a s w e l l . S u p p o r t f o r B l u e t o o t h i s c a p a b l e o n a b o u t 8 7 % o f t h e k i o s k s o u t t h e r e t o d a y . M o r e i m a g e e d i t i n g f e a t u r e s y o u w o u l d n o r m a l l y s e e o n a n a d v a n c e d i m a g e e d i t i n g p r o g r a m , a r e a l s o b e c o m i n g e v i d e n t a s m o r e p r o f e s s i o n a l p h o t o g r a p h e r s a r e u s i n g t h e m . < / P > < P > < B > B e t t e r , M o r e P o w e r f u l , a n d L e s s - C o s t l y P r i n t i n g < / B > < / P > < P > T h e f u t u r e i s v e r y b r i g h t f o r d i g i t a l p h o t o g r a p h e r s . T h e c o m p e t i t i o n i n t h i s m a r k e t i s v e r y f i e r c e , a s h u n d r e d s o f c o m p a n i e s w a n t t o c o m p e t e f o r y o u r p r i n t i n g n e e d s . H o w e v e r , w i t h f i e r c e c o m p e t i t i o n , c o m e s c o n f u s i o n . Y o u w i l l h a v e a l o t o f o p t i o n s i n f r o n t o f y o u s o b e s u r e t o v i s i t s e v e r a l o f y o u r l o c a l p r i n t i n g o u t l e t s a n d s e e w h i c h o n e f i t s y o u r p a r t i c u l a r p r i n t i n g s t y l e . C h a n c e s a r e , y o u m a y n o t b e a w a r e o f h o w e a s y y o u c a n m a k e y o u r d i g i t a l l i f e , a n d h o w m u c h m o n e y y o u c a n s a v e i n t h e p r o c e s s . < / P >
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