The link between the film and digital world doesn't happen in camera. It happens in the lab. The key is to offer lab services where you can drop your film off and get a file back promptly and cleanly.
Kodak -is- trying to do that and that's a good thing, but that service works just as well with a war-surplus Filmo as it does with the latest in film camera technology. So from my perspective, what a new 8mm or 16mm film camera is competing with is a very large existing base of cameras and you will have to have a camera that is substantially easier to use, with better lenses, with a brighter and more detailed finder, with more accurate speed control and easier sync sound in order to compete with cameras that you can pick up for next to nothing. I don't think there is any money in making a film camera unless you can make it a whole lot better than existing cameras, and existing cameras are pretty good. Yes, this does make the point that Kodak is heavily invested in film technology and they want to keep supporting film. That's good. But it sure is an expensive way for them to make that point. Especially when their competition is slowly but surely starting to catch up behind them. --scott _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
