Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/07/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 12:53 PM 7/7/96 -0600, you wrote: >> >>APS is a joke, and seroius photograhpers won't buy into it. It is >>significantly smaller than traditinoal 35mm. I like the idea of the >>cassette. Too bad they can't do that with reg. 35mm. But there is no way >>traditional 35mm is going away any time soon, and when it does it will be to >>digital. Not some new toy format. >> >>========================== >>Eric Welch >>Grants Pass Daily Courier >> >Eric, > >Serious photographers are a tiny minority, which has limited economic >impact. It is true that 120 film is still around, mainly because there are >serious photographers. However, If APS is successful, then it may pose a >serious threat to 35mm. 120 film will survive 35mm may not. > >I don't like APS any more than you do, but let's keep in mind that the 35mm >market economies are dominated by snap shooters. > >When Ilford goes APS, we should worry. > >Chris > Chris, There are some film manufacturers which are not in cahoots with the major players in APS. But the APS players also have a dilemma. If they stop making 35mm films, their competitors will have a field day just selling 35mm films to the millions of existing 35mm camera owners. Get ready to invest in stocks of the remaining 35mm film manufacturers! Dan > > >