When APS was introduced in 1997, I recall Popular Photography magazine speculating on whether a 35mm APS system could have come out. I wonder why the camera makers and film manufacturers did not come out with a 35mm APS system instead of the APS format? Technology has improved 35mm film offerings over the years. Except for the DX feature, 35mm cartridges, are still the same as when I started photography back in the early 1960's with an Argus C3 "brick". The main regret I have with APS is that Kodak and Fuji never introduced slide APS film into the U.S. I would enjoy my Nikon Pronea (the original one) more had slide film been introduced. Jim A.
> From: "Len Paris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 18:29:44 -0600 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Why I Love the APS Format > > What kind of resolution do you think it takes to do a very good > 4 x 6 print? I could show you some printed on an HP PhotoSmart > 100 that were made with a Fuji DX-10, a 0.85MP camera. That's > the print size most APS shooters get and I doubt if you could > tell any difference in quality between the Fuji DX-10 and the > APS of your choice at that size. > > I always thought it took 5 or 6 MP digital cameras to make a > decent 8 x 10. Now I know that a Canon D30 can do very good 11 > x 14 prints, with a good printer. > > Len > --- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 4:18 PM > Subject: Re: Why I Love the APS Format > > >> It just seems to me that APS has arrived about ten years too > late. As a >> small and easy to use format for consumer-level cameras, it's > great but >> compared to digital it's old news. It's resolution is higher > than digital >> but less than 35MM. Most people looking for convenience use > digital; I do. >> I use a Minolta Dimage 7 which when married to the convenience > of the PC >> and Photoshop, APS seems like the dark ages. It seems as old > as the >> horrible 110 and disc formats Kodak was hawking years ago. > Today I can make >> a video CD in ten minutes that I send to my grandparents and > they can play >> it on their DVD or email pictures to be turned into prints. At > the end of >> the day, compact and small cameras using negative film are at > about the end >> of their life, as digital cameras get cheaper and the > resolution higher, >> formats like APS will all but disappear. >> >> Kev. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
