P3D Re: slides require viewers

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

>       Several thousand times as many as are shooting stereo prints of
> all kinds combined!

In 3D-land this may be true, but taking all film photography together, I
suspect chromes are in the vast minority.

>       If people aren't shooting slides, why is slide film still
> available in nearly supermarket?  

Sadly, I've noticed some places that used to have one slide film (within
the last couple years) now have none.  Even some tourist sites that I've gone
to have had a selection of print films but NO slide film at all!  If
I were REALLY an optimist, I suppose I could say that chromes were so
popular that they sold out and only the dumb 'ol print film was left.
But I suspect otherwise.  

On a more positive front, it could be my imagination, but it seems
like slide scanners are becoming much more popular than they used to
and that more and more brands are coming out (and prices dropping).

My knee-jerk reaction is that the slide-scanner activity is driven by
digital cameras.  That is, being able to digitize film (negatives
as well as chromes) is an alternative to having a digital camera to
produce digital images.  As well as incrementally exploiting R&D already
spent on flatbed scanners.

Anybody else notice this and/or have an idea what the makers are thinking?

Mike K.



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