Hey Bill, where is all this out of date film? I could use some bargains. First
time you mentioned it I jumped on Ebay, surely there would be a lot of film
bargains there. Damn all that film must have been sold already.
In fact why don't all you guys who know film is dead send my your useless
According to a knowledgeable source, Ritz Camera averages 10,000 rolls a day
nationwide going out of date daily.
Bill
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From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 3:57 AM
Subject: Re: Slide projectors
Hey Bill, where
Graywolf wrote:
Slide projection has been dying for years.
Not round these parts. Some of my friends shoot more slide film than ever
before.
Many slide shows in the past 20 years have been put on video tape and
shown on
a TV screen.
Yet more equipment; Betamax or the Phillips system :)
What I really like is this idea that we (amateur photographers) are a major
force in the marketplace. A company like, say, GM probably throws out more slide
projectors in a day then all of us on this list together will buy in our entire
lifetimes. I love projected slides, but I don't think that
graywolf wrote:
What I really like is this idea that we (amateur photographers) are a
major force in the marketplace. A company like, say, GM probably
throws out more slide projectors in a day then all of us on this list
together will buy in our entire lifetimes. I love projected slides,
but
Graywolf wrote:
What I really like is this idea that we (amateur
photographers) are a major force in the marketplace. A
company like, say, GM probably throws out more slide
projectors in a day then all of us on this list together will
buy in our entire lifetimes. I love projected slides,
In a previous message graywolf said Slide projection has been dying for
years. Many slide shows in the past 20 years
have been put on video tape and shown on a TV screen.
I can remember when every salesman that came to pitch something to our
company either brought a slide projector or called
Hi,
Saturday, November 15, 2003, 10:48:11 PM, you wrote:
[...]
Now, I can't remember the last time a salesman brought slides. It has to
be at least ten years since I've seen one. Presentations have been
composed in Microsoft's Powerpoint and projected from laptop computers for
many
not if you are laid off, which happens at about the same time they cut back
on insert your favorite office hardware here around here.
Herb
- Original Message -
From: Malcolm Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 4:44 PM
Subject: RE: Slide
Previously written:
According to a knowledgeable source, Ritz Camera averages 10,000 rolls a day
nationwide going out of date daily.
Bill
That sounds high. I worked for Ritz for a year and a half in a fairly high
volume store. In that time we had maybe 30-40 rolls go out of date, mostly
100
.
Marnie aka Doe wrote:
Guess they are. Now if we could just get the stats on how
many of those PShooters are printing their own prints or having a
lab do them.
I take my negative film to a minilab that has had a great reputation
for a long time. They process a lot of color neg film for
As much as it may be distressing to some, these companies are in
business to turn a profit. No profit, no money for future RD, no RD,
no future products. With tens of thousands of rolls of film going out
of date daily, film camera sales declining, and the digital handwriting
on the wall
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