You should ask and easier question, Mike. Like how many remember slide projectors at all. You can have all kinds of questions like that, who knows what a #11 flash bulb is? And, that leads to another question, has anybody else ever screwed them into lamp sockets and waited around for some unsuspecting soul to turn on the lights <reminiscent grin>.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Sinos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 7:29 PM Subject: RE: Mike Johnson's Sunday Message > > Henry Chu said: "Dear Mike, I presume that consumers are intelligent in > choosing what they think the best film format for them...." <remainder > snipped> > > Sorry Henry, but if my experience in retail is any indicator, a pretty big > percentage of consumers don't have a clue as to what size film their camera > uses. Now take this with a grain of salt, because my camera shop > experience stems from the late sixties and early seventies when I was in > high school and college. Back in those golden years we had 120, 220, 620, > 828, 126, 35mm, 110 and several sizes of Polaroid film packs on the shelf > simultaneously. For a while we even had film for those weird disc > cameras. There were a few other odd sizes that I could order from the main > warehouse. > > Anyway there were a pretty large percentage of the customers that didn't > know what size film they needed. They would either bring in the box from > the last roll or refer to a note. Many would bring in the camera. We'd > take out the exposed film and reload it for them. > > I'm guessing there are still many folks out there in the same category. I > may have already told this group the story about my cousin. A very > intelligent woman in her early 40's. She (and the majority of my extended > family) only uses "disposable" cameras. She was lamenting that sometimes > she would get negatives back and other times she would get the film wound > back in the little "cannister". > > She didn't know there were two different film formats, and had never > noticed any difference in the pictures. Now she remembers to make sure the > package doesn't say APS or Advantix. > > Well, one data point doesn't make a trend, but I think there are more > people like my cousin than like the subscribers to PDML. > > And a bonus question for you other old timers... How many remember the > Bell & Howell Slide Cube Projectors? > > See you later, gs > > ---------- > >
