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[filmscanners] Re: On Kodak
Bill Pearce wrote:
> 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.
Kodak admits fairly freely that they introduce new film formats to sell
film. The new hype, and new "features" always bring in revenues from
new camera owners and film buyers.
Since these new formats have rarely, since 35mm added anything of great
value, I find it a questionable method to promote film sales. The deal
with the lab equipment is even of more questionable business practice.
It forces all those labs to buy the equipment to compete with one
another, and then once the format is killed off, they are stuck with
useless machinery.
> 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.
>
We held slide shows, and they are a big hit when we've had them.
Haven't done any recently due to lack of time. We make them into
events, with food and drink, and music and dissolve units.
> 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.
>
It just isn't the same. I use a screen that is about 10-12 feet wide.
It's gonna be a while before I can afford a OLED or Plasma screen like that.
Art
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