Going back to the book for one more quote by Ansel Adams:
"In electronics, the technology we have now can do far more than film. As the world's silver resources are depleted, these new technologies are particularly important. ... Electronic photography will soon be superior to anything we have now. The first advance will be the exploration of existing negatives. I believe the electronic processes will enhance them. I could get superior prints from my negatives using electronics. Then the time will come when you will be able to make the entire photograph electronically."
Looking at Ansel Adams, The Photographs and The Man by Andrea G. Stillman (quote originally from Playboy, May 1983)