>Slide projectors have for years been a business presentation product used by >a very few dedicated amateurs. The day Microsoft introduced powerpoint was >the death knell for the projector.
True in part; but projectors have been used for presentations other than those that Powerpoint is used for. They are used in planetariums, in scientific and medical presentations of materials including images of procedures, disections, and microscope slides among other things, and in other arenas. It is true that there are now digital projectors; but the costs of these projectors make them prohibitive for many organizational and individual presenters; moreover, there are many materials used in teaching and elsewhere that are captured on film and would be too costly or difficult to redo digitally or to convert to digital for many organizations and individual users. Once again by not producing new models or even current existing models, proclaiming the end of a need for slide or film projectors becomes a self-fulfilling prophacy which forces any existing market to change to digital presentations and projectors if they wish to or not and follow the dictates of the industry rather than the industry following the wants of the market. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Pearce Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [filmscanners] On Kodak One cannot discount Kodak's motivation in introducing new formats as a means to sell new lab equipment. APS was probably quite successful in that regard. The conversion of many disposables to APS would help things along. On slide projectors: when was the last time anyone on this list presented a home slide show. Just mention to a potential guest that the invtation includes a viewing of your vacation slides, and watch the regrets come in. Slide projectors have for years been a business presentation product used by a very few dedicated amateurs. The day Microsoft introduced powerpoint was the death knell for the projector. Bill Pearce, who wouldn't mind seeing some of his Xpan chromes projected, if the projector didn't cost more than the camera. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
