just in from my good friend anna in germany. we were talking about old school point + shoots + she had this experience at a wedding recently;

funny that you mention point+shoots. my brother had a bunch laying around and the kids went crazy with them. at some point my darling niece came up to me and the following conversation took place:

zoe (5): anna, you need to exchange the card, or download the pictures, my card is full – i can’t push the button anymore
anna (31): there is no card in there – it’s film and it ran out because you took all the pictures
zoe: what’s film?
anna: mmh, it’s in there and you put the pictures on there when you push the button and then you develop it later
zoe: what’s developing?
anna: you drop it off somewhere and they make negatives for you
zoe: what are negatives?
anna: i think your dad should explain all of this to you
zoe: why can’t i see the picture in the back?
anna: because it’s not digital
zoe: why can’t we develop the pictures?
anna: we’d need a dark room and chemicals
zoe: what is a dark room – and what are chemicals?
anna: FLO!!! come over here!!!

what was even funnier was when zoe took a picture of the bride’s father with a disposable camera she said: “i am sorry, i can’t show you the pictures in the back, because you can’t see them with this camera. a long time ago all cameras were like this one.”