Dear Jack, You kept that quiet didn't you ! Are you going to warn 'consumer's' that their film is going to be trashed and and the CD's will "possibly, maybe, well were not too sure actually" be unreadable in 10 years time. And as the machine has trashed the only long-term record of little-johnnys birthing day...tough luck !
I'd advice you take serious legal advice on this one ! I for one (as a consumer - not as a pro. photographer) will politely decline using your machine, even though I must say I think the results on your web site are very good. Its a great shame that the process destroys the original negative. It leaves me with the impression that you have designed a great machine but have somehow fallen between two market sectors...When I choose to shoot on shoot on negs still, it is because I want a technological hassle free archival alternative to digital. Why trash the negs ? As an aside, there is a 'high street' processing company in Hertford that develops a 36exp 35mm film (makes a pleasant change !) scans the images (excellent TIFF or JPEG RGB scans - your choice - considering the price) to CD AND gives you 6" x 4" prints aswell, all the price of �12.00 (inc. VAT). If your aiming at the consumer market, I'd be interested to hear how you can beat this.... Good Luck, David -- You can view David's on-line folio at http://www.davidtownend.com/ and also the results of a recent job at http://www.globalrisks.royalsun.com T - 00 44 (0)20 8374 6289 M - 00 44 (0)7770 622144 > The scanning process renders the film completely opaque. It is kept on an > internal spool and recycled. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
