I never thought or heard about that. My youngest daughter graduated from Park college with a degree in Graphic Arts. She told me that they have one hell of a dark room set up. The sad part I thought was some of the questions that I asked my daughter and knew the questions to, when she asked her teacher, he had no clue as what I was talking about. Now come on! I am not that old school. My set up was very good. I could do 110, 35mm, 4x6 and even plate developing. I even made poster size prints. That was a trip. I did that in the bathtub (I took over a large bathroom with 2 sinks also). I had a blast.

I am a newbie on this forum, but I might have a perspective to add.

I come from the world of film - 35mm, 6x6, and 4x5. For the past decade, my wife and I have digitally progressed from point and shoots, high quality point and shoots and such, to DSLRs and better glass.

This seems to be pretty analogous, IMHO, to the days when amateur photogs moved up the scale as their skill levels increased. Some people shot great work with crappy cameras, and some still shoot great stuff today with their phones, which are always with them and always available for the opportunity shot. That's "same as it ever was". I once taught a photography course for young people using nothing but the lowest level Polaroid B&W model, and great pictures can still be taken with a simple box camera or "lomo", even today.

That said, I think that the trend among young people today, using their phones for quality shots, bodes well for the future of DSLR, and photography in general. Yes, they shoot far too much, and show little discretion in choosing the "good" from the bad and the ugly. But young people today are becoming more and more used to seeing photographically, and this will lead to more serious hobbyists and better photographers, and more and more serious digital photographers.

Color my glass half full...

Andy