Re: APS CAMERAS

[P3D Larry Berlin <lberlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Date: Wed, 08 Oct 97
>From: P3D Tony Shapps writes:
>
>Friends,
>
>Reference to APS and the lack of stereo development in this area and slide
film.   I shoudn't worry too much about this.   Since the bungled worldwide
launch of APS our London and Nottingham shops have not sold a single camera
in this format.....and we have only had two enquiries about it!    Given the
fact that we are in the middle of London's West End (one of the busiest
shopping centres in the world) who wants APS?  The answer?  No one!
>

Camera stores in the US seem to be getting quite a bit larger market demand
than that. I suspect that asian countries are using them too, though that is
a guess. Maybe some P3D members in Asian countries can comment on APS in
their part of the planet?

The possible advantage to APS for stereo is that the cameras are relatively
small and it would be easier to hook two of them together for a variable
base stereo system, that at it's smallest base is closer to ORTHO than is
possible with the typical 35mm regular camera. Anyone on the list try this yet?

It seems like the oft complained about, size of the film problem, might be
somewhat similar to the fact that a Realist camera, and other stereo
cameras, don't shoot full frame anyway, so that makes the APS system, used
as a twin camera stereo device, equal to or better than the 50's stereo
cameras. One advantage is that you aren't limited to a vertical format. The
other is that you can easily have a variable stereo base for greater
flexibility.

Larry Berlin

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