Re: Kodalux: a modest proposal

[P3D John W Roberts <roberts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:27:53 -0500
>From: P3D  <VOLCHECK@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: Kodalux: a modest proposal

>...Folks, let's get Kodalux Dallas to notice us!  Please consider sending
>a roll to the Dallas facility for developing.  I suspect there are only
>a handful of people sending them stereo film on a regular basis.  If we
>can double that, then Dalia will get a receptive ear when she talks to
>management there.  If management gets too many complaints about bad
>service, they will start to assign people specifically to stereo
>processing.  That will benefit us all, particularly newbies like
>myself.  I don't think I'll find time to mount slides by hand ever.
>And if you want to sell stereophotography to an amateur, it has
>to sound easy.  

>					--Emil Volcheck

I think it's a great idea. I recognize that many people on this list
enjoy the craftsmanship of mounting their own slides, but I think the
long term future of 3D slides depends on attracting a large market,
which in turn depends on making it convenient. I only have one undeveloped
Realist roll at the moment, which I don't want to risk, but perhaps some
weekend I'll find time to take some "sacrificial" pictures.

John R


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