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From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: EOS IX Lite opinions wanted
> Secondly the film is expensive as is the processing.
While still slightly more expensive to buy and moderately more expensive to
have devoled, the gap has recently narrowed following the introduction of
Fuji Superia 800 in the US, which pushed down prices on the slower speeds by
about $1/roll.
> Let's face it, APS is dead.
With all due respect, it seems odd that Wolf Camera is trying hard to get
APS minilabs installed at all of its 1-hour locations by EOY 2001 for a
"dead" format. The fact that high-end IX and Nikon Pronea SLR bodies weren't
successful doesn't mean that there weren't a lot of Kodak, Canon Elph and
Fuji Endeavor point 7 shoots sold to the "teeming masses", who I 'll bet
keep the format alive longer than you think. Finally a convenient way to
store and find all those negatives (and the cost of the index print is
included which helps to even out the developing costs).
> Third, the quality won't be up to a decent pocket point and shoot camera.
Is that an opinion or do you have some empirical evidence to share with the
list? I'm not suggesting another exhaustive "which one's better" argument
because the 35mm format is undoubtetly better, but merely suggesting that
APS is more than adequate for the pictures you would expect to take with a
"decent point and shoot". I have a number of cameras from an EOS 3 down to a
modest Fuji P&S, and think the quality of the output from my IX body is
virtually identical to that from my other EOS bodies. I'm certain the
limiting factors are more my lack of ability than that of the equipment.
Now, if your "decent point and shoot" is a Leica M6, I take it all back!
;^)
tomp
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