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What was wrong with film?
And a lack of surprises is nice, too. My daughter went to Arizona last
summer and took a new (35mm film) camera with her...turns out it had a "feature" that neither of us was aware of and she wound up taking two rolls of film in "panoramic mode" (where "panoramic" doesn't mean a wider than normal negative, it only means the top and bottom are masked out)...well, this resulted in those shots being ruined (everything appears much farther away than she expected) and Fuji charged over $35 per roll instead of $5 per roll for printing those rolls. BTW, they lost my business forever in claiming that 35mm negatives that were still 36mm wide could no longer be printed on standard 4"x6" paper with black bars on the top and bottom (if they didn't want to trim them) but "had" to be printed on paper about 12" long. That was the cost of a decent digital memory card down the drain... "Charles" wrote in message ... On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 21:22:59 GMT, "Jeremy" wrote: Agree. One other advantage, less loss when all the pictures are bad. I like to take aquarium pictures, about 1 in 50 come out worth saving. disappointing when I take in a roll of film and have no keepers in the package. -- - Charles - -does not play well with others |
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What was wrong with film?
In article , "George"
wrote: And a lack of surprises is nice, too. My daughter went to Arizona last summer and took a new (35mm film) camera with her...turns out it had a "feature" that neither of us was aware of [...] RTFM |
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What was wrong with film?
"jjs" wrote in message ... In article , "George" wrote: And a lack of surprises is nice, too. My daughter went to Arizona last summer and took a new (35mm film) camera with her...turns out it had a "feature" that neither of us was aware of [...] RTFM Anyone who can't RTFM for a consumer film camera is going to be in serious trouble with digital... David J. Littleboy Tokyo, Japan |
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What was wrong with film?
jjs wrote:
In article , "George" wrote: And a lack of surprises is nice, too. My daughter went to Arizona last summer and took a new (35mm film) camera with her...turns out it had a "feature" that neither of us was aware of [...] RTFM Really, someone who doesn't notice the panaramic mode knob (don't they have a mask in the finder?) would have no problem formatting the memory card on the plane trip home trying to look at their pictures.. -- Stacey |
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What was wrong with film?
"Stacey" wrote in message
... Really, someone who doesn't notice the panaramic mode knob (don't they have a mask in the finder?) would have no problem formatting the memory card on the plane trip home trying to look at their pictures.. What these BDI digicams need is the dialog: [REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WIPE OUT YOUR PICTURES?] [NO] y ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDDING [YES] n YOU KNOW WHAT "WIPE OUT" MEANS [NO] beach boys? |
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What was wrong with film?
jjs wrote:
"Stacey" wrote in message ... Really, someone who doesn't notice the panaramic mode knob (don't they have a mask in the finder?) would have no problem formatting the memory card on the plane trip home trying to look at their pictures.. What these BDI digicams need is the dialog: [REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WIPE OUT YOUR PICTURES?] [NO] y ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDDING [YES] n YOU KNOW WHAT "WIPE OUT" MEANS [NO] beach boys? Seriously, I wonder how many -computer illiterate- digicam owners (which would describe 99% of digicam buyers) understand or know what the word "format" means? I can easily see someone thinking this will somehow enhance their images! :-) -- Stacey |
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What was wrong with film?
Seriously, I wonder how many -computer illiterate- digicam owners (which
would describe 99% of digicam buyers) . . . . What a stupid statement. It conveys much more information about you than it does about owners of digital cameras (and what it says about you isn't flattering). "Stacey" wrote in message ... jjs wrote: "Stacey" wrote in message ... Really, someone who doesn't notice the panaramic mode knob (don't they have a mask in the finder?) would have no problem formatting the memory card on the plane trip home trying to look at their pictures.. What these BDI digicams need is the dialog: [REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WIPE OUT YOUR PICTURES?] [NO] y ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDDING [YES] n YOU KNOW WHAT "WIPE OUT" MEANS [NO] beach boys? Seriously, I wonder how many -computer illiterate- digicam owners (which would describe 99% of digicam buyers) understand or know what the word "format" means? I can easily see someone thinking this will somehow enhance their images! :-) -- Stacey |
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What was wrong with film?
"Reciprocity Failure" wrote in message .com... Seriously, I wonder how many -computer illiterate- digicam owners (which would describe 99% of digicam buyers) . . . . What a stupid statement. It conveys much more information about you than it does about owners of digital cameras (and what it says about you isn't flattering). We are talking about the average consumer, and as one who supports hundreds of digital users, let me tell you they are making new legends in stupid mistakes, silly assumptions. I think it's time to stop using the word 'format'. It's a techie term. 'Prepare and Erase' might be better for the consumer. |
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What was wrong with film?
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"jjs" wrote: We are talking about the average consumer, and as one who supports hundreds of digital users, let me tell you they are making new legends in stupid mistakes, silly assumptions. I think it's time to stop using the word 'format'. It's a techie term. 'Prepare and Erase' might be better for the consumer. Or oops, I lost that prize winning image when my hard drive when up in smoke :-) -- LF website http://members.bellatlantic.net/~gblank |
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What was wrong with film?
"Gregory W Blank" wrote in message ... In article , "jjs" wrote: We are talking about the average consumer, and as one who supports hundreds of digital users, let me tell you they are making new legends in stupid mistakes, silly assumptions. I think it's time to stop using the word 'format'. It's a techie term. 'Prepare and Erase' might be better for the consumer. Or oops, I lost that prize winning image when my hard drive when up in smoke :-) One of my former colleagues has been a professional photojournalist for over forty years. He even has a Pulitzer, or three if you count shared prizes. His paper went all digital not long ago. Now imagine being the poor young technophile who tried to convince this hugely talented, experience curmudgeon that film is a Bad Thing. Well, the poor young dweeb started her pitch with "After each shot you can look at the back of the camera to see if it came out!" His response? Well, I swear that churchbells were going to rock a thousand miles away. From his laughter. Gales of laughter! |
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