[PRCo] Fw: Subject: Film Discontinuance

[John F Bromley]

Sorry - I thought this was a personal missile from Fred and wrote
accordingly (FWS is the only one who saw the 5400 last March!).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John F Bromley" <johnfbromley at rogers.com>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [PRCo] Subject: Film Discontinuance


> So now we'll have to buy one of those $1500 projectors that  load from the
> hard disk.
>
> I've already discontinued taking slides.  In the next few months my
CanonA2
> and its various lenses are going to be traded in for Nikon digital that
> accepts interchangeable lenses.  Our current Nikon 5400 digital (which you
> saw last March) does an excellent job for a 5 megapixel camera but that's
> Margaret's camera and the male of the species has to have a bigger (and
> better) one - it says so in the manual.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Fred Schneider" <fschnei at supernet.com>
> To: "pittsburgh railways" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:24 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Subject: Film Discontinuance
>
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> > You have probably already read the public announcement that Kodak will
> > discontinue the production of all color slide projectors in January.  If
> >
> > projectors go, then film cannot be far behind.  Right?
> >
> > I asked my dealer yesterday for scuttlebutt ...  Response?  Kodachrome
> > will be discontinued in 12 months and all E6 films in 24 months.  He
> > said that there was dissension from the board of directors over the
> > plans so it is not a dead certainty.
> >
> > Don't ask ... you know all I know.
> >
> > I guess I'm going to buy that $1500 digital Nikon sooner than I had
> > planned.
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