>Slide projectors have for years been a business presentation product used
by
>a very few dedicated amateurs. The day Microsoft introduced powerpoint was
>the death knell for the projector.
True in part; but projectors have been used for presentations other than
those that Powerpoint is used for. They are used in planetariums, in
scientific and medical presentations of materials including images of
procedures, disections, and microscope slides among other things, and in
other arenas. It is true that there are now digital projectors; but the
costs of these projectors make them prohibitive for many organizational and
individual presenters; moreover, there are many materials used in teaching
and elsewhere that are captured on film and would be too costly or difficult
to redo digitally or to convert to digital for many organizations and
individual users. Once again by not producing new models or even current
existing models, proclaiming the end of a need for slide or film projectors
becomes a self-fulfilling prophacy which forces any existing market to
change to digital presentations and projectors if they wish to or not and
follow the dictates of the industry rather than the industry following the
wants of the market.
-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Bill Pearce
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:12 PM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] On Kodak
One cannot discount Kodak's motivation in introducing new formats as a means
to sell new lab equipment. APS was probably quite successful in that regard.
The conversion of many disposables to APS would help things along.
On slide projectors: when was the last time anyone on this list presented a
home slide show. Just mention to a potential guest that the invtation
includes a viewing of your vacation slides, and watch the regrets come in.
Slide projectors have for years been a business presentation product used by
a very few dedicated amateurs. The day Microsoft introduced powerpoint was
the death knell for the projector.
Bill Pearce, who wouldn't mind seeing some of his Xpan chromes projected, if
the projector didn't cost more than the camera.
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