Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Release
From: "Jim Shulman" <garcia@chesco.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 15:21:59 -0400

When you think of it, when was the last time middle America sat through
one of those ghastly un-edited slide shows?  At least 20 years.  Since
the early 80s it's been the stack of smudged triple-print,
almost-in-focus shots passed around the dinner table.

[ca-chunk]
"This is me an Ethel in front of what the French were calling the Arch
of Triumph"
[ca-chunk]
"Now, this one is Ethel in focus"
[ca-chunk]
"Now, with this one the bus was moving too fast, but if you could see it
beyond the left side of the picture was one of the most beautiful
churches in all a Yurp."


Best,
Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of bdcolen
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:18 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Release

No, Jim, that sound was a collective sigh of relieve from the tens of
millions of Americans who have had to sit through vacation slide night
at the next door neighbors. :-)

B. D.

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Jim
Shulman
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:04 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Kodak Release


You mean the way they [Leica] continued to produce enlargers?  I
wouldn't count on it.  If slide sales keep diving, and demand drops
further, and Leica/Hermes continues to have the expected business profit
pressures, the slide projectors won't stand a chance.

We now live in an era where many people consider a laptop projector to
be more than adequate.  The march to lower quality drags onward!

The sound you heard was Walther Benser turning over in his grave.

Jim Shulman
Bryn Mawr, PA


- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of
Afterswift@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 2:31 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Kodak Release

Dear Colleagues,

The reason for Kodak's termination of slide projectors is simply that 
consumers drifted away from slides during the 1980s, long before the
advent of the 
digital projector. I think that the popular video camera is responsible
for that 
change.

Our local camera club still holds slide competitions and it's a major
part of 
their activities. I still shoot slides. I assume that Leica will
continue to 
produce slide projectors. 

br
  
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