Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/07

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Subject: Re: [Leica] APS out ?
From: "thomas schofield" <tdschofield@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 14:21:49 -0800

A cynical local processing shop maintained that APS was invented because the 
market for 35mm minilab processing machines was saturated and K & F wanted 
to create a new market for new processig machines.

Tom Schofield


>APS, was a marketing gambit by Kodak in collaboration with Japanese
>manufacturers.
>The premise was to make quasi-35mm user friendly so that those who are
>intimidated by the loading of standard 35 would buy the new format.


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