----- Original Message ----- From: Peifer, William Subject: RE: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)
> Bill Robb wrote: > [Everything I always wanted to know about APS processors, and more. > Snipped....] > > Hi Bill, > > Gee, I get the feeling that some of those APS customers really get in your > shorts.... ;-) HAR!! Must be shortly after our Fireworks Day....... Regarding the APS system design, to me it shows all the manifestations of being designed by a commitee with a bad mandate. The status indicator is fairly easy to see, being a white indicator inside a black window. Here is a drawing of an APS cartridge, with some expanatory stuff: http://www.austral.addr.com/photo-APS/ To me, I really don't think it is so much poor eyesight, as just simple carelessness on the part of the consumer, or over harriedness on the part of the lab. The Fuji cartridges have a white stripe with the instructions printed in black, but the instructions really are very small. My mid 40's eyes have some problems with making them readable. OTOH, every camera comes with an owners manual..... I think they would have been better to make a 110/126 style film cartridge, rather than what they came up with, though this would have obviated the possibility of mid roll film changes. With the lack of choices in APS (there really is only 4 different films from Kodak, and Agfa, and 3 from Konica, Fuji and Imation), I don't think this would have been such a loss. William Robb - 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 .
