"WWojtek" <wokulski_SPAM_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Użytkownik "Michael Benveniste" <mhb-offer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> While I still use a Pronea S as my "car camera," there isn't
>> a whole lot new to say about APS except to speculate on how
>> long film and processing will remain available. And that
>> gets boring fairly quickly.
>>
> Hi,
> I am pleased to inform that there is a note in June 2007 Pop photo
> magazine (page 17) which says:
> "Q Is APS film headed for extinction?
> A (..) But tell your beloved Pronea there's nothing to fear. Executives
at
> both Fujifilm and Kodak assure us that APS film won't be going away any
> time soon."
>
> BTW. Do you recall a Super 8 film format for silent movie cameras? I
used
> one back in 1980s. Do you know one can still buy a fresh film nowadays?
>
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/3results/controller/homeO=search&A=search&Q=&shs=Super+8&ci=341&sb=ps&sq=desc
> It is consoling.
>
> I have no problem with buying Fujifilm Nexia 200 and 400 in my lab. A
bit
> fuss with obtaining Kodak film, but as far as now I have 4 Kodaks in my
> fridge. So I think it is OK with films.
> Finally we have internet shops like this:
>
http://www.digitalwonderworld.de/index.php/cPath/205_206?osCsid=33dab8891114270ccb0ef6edcdbcac30
>
>
> But labs... They still do their job, but have no exposition's back
print,
> they sometimes give me back the film developed but out of the cartridge
> (or whatever is the name for the APS-type thing). Sometimes they don't
do
> front print (which is not a problem really). How does it look in you
> country?
>
> I still cannot achieve the quality of my 35mm SLR on the APS one. The
> photos looks a bit out of focus, grainy and too much contrast. But I
like
> them. I like the H format. P is hard to get sharp one.
>
> The other thing is how to store the H and P formats. Finally I have
found
> one dealer of a quite decent album, but it is 2 times more expensive
than
> the regular one.
>
> Wojtek
> Canon EOS IX.
>
>
Here in the UK I can buy only 200ASA APS film. It is the lack of 400ASA
film
that makes my Minolta and Canon SLRs somewhat underused.
Regards, Ian.
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