Just tea this time, and I didn't have any in my mouth. But, I
fully intend to collect that beer, is the snow gone up there
yet? <grin>
I get the impression you have the same liking for cameras d'jur
as I do.
--Tom
William Robb wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cy Galley" <
> Subject: Re: Film rewind with memory (WAS: Photo Expo Japan
> 2001 - MZ-S and FA31Ltd)
>
> > Why not have the camera notch the film edge when exposed? or
> burn a spot in
> > the sprocket hole area? Then when inserted, the film would
> wind past the
> > last mark and stop ready to take the next picture. For double
> exposures, it
> > could be backed up or just not advanced. That some chip
> programming but it
> > should be very easy to do.
>
> Yup, this could be a new feature on the new Minolta Maxxum
> 12FLEBO.
>
> Here is a sample add copy:
>
> "Finally, a camera that not only thinks like a photographer,
> but has the ability over time to interact with its owner. The
> new Maxxum 12 FLEBO is the camera the world has been waiting
> for.
> How can a camera do all this?
> First, we mounted a razor sharp needle in the viewfinder
> area. The first time you raise the camera to your eye, this
> needle is injected past your eye into your brain, thereby
> lobotomizing you.
> We can't make a smarter camera, so we had to make a dumber
> photographer.
> A new feature added to this extraordinary camera is the "Eye
> BurnOut" feature.
> We mounted a laser in the camera body pointing backwards. Over
> time, this feature will burn a hole in the camera back, and will
> eventually burn out the photographers eye.
> We can't make sharp lenses, so we have to make photographers who
> can't see, just to stay competitive.
> The Maxxum 12 FLEBO, only from the minds of Minolta".
>
> Sorry Tom, if I owe you another beer.
> William Robb
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