Re: APS SLRs are a bargain

I actually got some of the Fuji APS slide film while in Europe, and have
been duly impressed. That and the old F100 were very fine grained. (The H400
wasn't too bad, either) Never much cared for the Kodak color APS films, but
the b&w is pretty nice.

"Valder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:24:38 -0600, "Woody W."
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I agree. I still like the feel of my EOS IX (not the lite version),
though I
> >never use it any more since going digital SLR. An APS film frame is the
same
> >size (or a little larger) than the sensors on the most popular digital
> >cameras today, and very few people are complaining about the image
quality.
> >Yet, many of these same folks were constanly deriding APS as not being
large
> >enough to produce a decent image. They were blinded by prejudice, and by
> >examples from cheap P&S cameras, rather than giving an honest look at
what
> >APS could do when placed behind a decent lens.
>
>
> We do get more out of our DSLR smaller frame sensor than I can get out
> of print film on the EOS IX with the same lenses. Now if they had
> bothered to bring out the slide film in the US for APS then we would
> have had a bit more fun and stick to wave at them.
>
> Valder
>