A very attractive straw man, but I personally can&#x27;t remember anyone saying that digital would &quot;never catch on&quot;.  25 years ago the state-of-the-art digital camera was a 1.3MP digital back for the Nikon F3, that included a gigantic external box that the user wore over their shoulder. Only a weirdo would use a digital camera in 1990, but it was pretty obvious that digital was the future.  15 years ago the digital camera (Nikon D1) was just barely a good idea for dedicated enthusiasts and still basically terrible for everybody else.