Last night I was cleaning out some old boxes in the closet. Not wanting to throw out anything useful, I examined the contents of one box, and came across my prized camera from a bygone age, the one I had taken on numerous trips to exotic locations in Thailand, Indonesia, China, etc... It conjured up many nostalgic memories from the late 1990's, from before I was married, when I was able to roam and travel, free from the many responsibilities that I have now.
But this camera is now useless. There's just no way I'd be willing to make trips to Costco anymore to drop off film, and then have to wait for a week before seeing the results of my efforts. Now, I use a digital camera, and I can view my photos instantaneously in the camera's LCD, and I can have prints within minutes if I wanted them, by just uploading the digital photos to my computer and using my own color printer.