Re: Slide Film--Museum Piece?

[P3D Marvin Jones <72657.3276@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> By the way, Dr. T need have no fear that slide film is on the way out. I
> work in the adult video industry and have plenty of contact with mainstream
> Hollywood, and both of those businesses would be lost without "chromes," as
> slides are called in The Biz. True, slide film isn't available at 7-Elevens
> or Sav-On Drugs, but most photos in magazines are NOT printed from print
> film.

Interesting point. I've also noticed that the "long dead" BETA video format is
alive and well (in a slightly modified version) in local television stations
everywhere. Even with such major modifications to the VHS system as the
Super-VHS format, it has never been able to produce what most technicians
consider a broadcast quality image, whereas Beta is routinely used by local news
departments and even low-budget-no-budget direct-to-video "feature" producers. I
guess there's something to be said for "out-moded" technology (like Realist
cameras, for instance?) after all!



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