Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-04 Thread Jim Apilado
APS is a pretty good system. You would think the cameras makers and film makers could improve the 35mm film cassette design. DX happened a long time ago and no improvement beyond that. You would think they would have looked at 35mm and decided that something better could be designed in cameras

RE: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-03 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
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!! Seriously, thanks very much for your detailed note. Kodak's decision (or whoever's,

Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-03 Thread Bill Owens
- Original Message - From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 6:21 PM Subject: Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident) . However, your assumption about the consumer not being

Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-03 Thread Geoffgo
OTOH, some of the attitudes expressed toward film customers can only accelerate the adoption of digital. Geoff 8:^) - 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

Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-03 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Geoffgo Subject: Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident) OTOH, some of the attitudes expressed toward film customers can only accelerate the adoption of digital. Sure, and these same morons will

Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-03 Thread William Robb
- 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

Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jul 2002 at 7:43, Peifer, William [OCDUS] wrote: Of course this does bring up an additional question. Is it generally the case that the APS mini-lab processing machine cannot tell the difference between an exposed and an unexposed roll? The APS cartridge provides a visual indicator of

Re: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-02 Thread Rob Studdert
On 2 Jul 2002 at 7:23, Stan Halpin wrote: Bill - everything I've read says NOT, repeat, NOT to carry your film through the metal detectors. You are more likely to have your film suffer damage that way. And do NOT pack film in a check-in bag. The safest inspection is by hand, but the

RE: APS film -- exposed or not? (was RE: Carry-on inspection of film -- and an unfortunate incident)

2002-07-02 Thread Peifer, William [OCDUS]
Hi again folks, Again, many thanks for your replies on x-ray fogging, APS film cartridge construction, and visible (to the consumer) differences between exposed and unexposed APS cartridges. Once again, I've learned something new thanks to the collective wisdom and experience of the PDMLers.