P3D APS

[LSmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Smart, Lattie MD06)]

>Usually I just pass over comments of this nature, however, this
>particular assination of APS really bothered me.

Heh-heh, I wondered if I went too far with that one! Actually, I
thought APS was just regular ol' 35 w/ magnetics on 'em, until
I read Greenspun's review where he (brilliantly) says:

"Every ten years or so, Kodak decides that 35mm film is too good
for consumers. They do a survey and find that "97% of pictures
never get enlarged beyond 4x6". They conclude from this that the
enormous 24x36mm swatch of film they've been selling you is excessive.
Wouldn't you rather have half the image area? You'll barely notice the
reduction in quality in a 4x6 print. And guess what, they'll charge you the
same amount of money for film & processing despite the fact that they
only have to use half the materials. ...My personal theory on what happened
is that Kodak hired MBAs to do the surveys instead of photographers."

from: http://www.rules-the.net/photo/aps.html
 -I hope he doesn't mind
the reproducing here.

Now of course, most of us shoot (or at least print) with less than
full-frame, but I still can't help but see it as a step backwards for
the above reasons. (I'm overriding the whole argument now by
exploring med. format stereo!)


LS


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