Re: What is APS?

[P3D Gregory J. Wageman <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike K. writes:

>Where to put it that's fully backwards compatible with current equipment? I
>think there already is some optical marking done on the edges on the "outside"
>of the perfs, so putting a (presumably opaque) magnetic stripe there probably
>wouldn't be backwards compatible.  Advantage of a completely new system is 
>that one doesn't have to be compatible -- but APS-Plus! will have to be. :-)
>
>The stripe is an excellent idea, but it seems that the use they're
>putting it to is very much less than it could have been.

As usual, it's best to get the information from the "horse's mouth",
as it were:

http://www.kodak.com:80/cgi-bin/webCatalog.pl?section=Capture&product=KODAK+ADVANTIX+Film

The Advantix film doesn't have a magnetic *stripe*, it has a magnetic
*coating*, transparent, over the entire surface of the film.  This was
discussed in detail in an article in "Shutterbug" a few months back.

Given that, there's absolutely no reason it couldn't be applied to
35mm.

	-Greg


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