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although 73% of them expressed a strong interest in doing so. Those were among the results of a survey released Tues. of 500 Americans conducted by research firm Greenfield Online for online photo service Snapfish. Printing ranked as the most difficult among a list of 9 surveyed camera phone functions, Snapfish said. Poor picture quality and the high cost of sharing photos were the other biggest hurdles. Although camera phones enable mobile digital photography, the home was rated the top location among cellphone photographers, with family gatherings and vacations the next most likely places, followed by the workplace and while driving. The survey found consumers are not yet interested in video from their camera phones; it ranked last in a set of 9 desired features. Although 56% of those surveyed said they believed camera phones will replace digital and film cameras within the next 2 decades, the respondents did see a down side to the technology. Invasion of personal privacy ranked as the top potential drawback of a camera phone, followed by the possibility for corporate espionage. Privacy and security issues about camera phones surfaced last week in a N.J. bill that would require all camera phones sold in the state to provide an audible or visible alert warning unsuspecting subjects they're being photographed (CED Jan 12 p4).