On Nov 13, 2006, at 1:21 PM, K.Takeshita wrote: >> It's one of the things I found to be a very desireable feature of >> APS: no manual handling of the film is required. This means less >> scratching, dust, spotting, etc. > > This is the MAJOR reason why I still use APS once in a while, > despite all > its disadvantages (smaller format and so forth). But for the outdoor > trekking use, it's ideal. In fact, I have all 3 models of APS SLRs > (Canon > Ixe, Minolta Vectis S-1 and Nikon Pronea 600i) all with spare ones > because I > figured they would quickly be lost in the digital ear which they > did. You > may call me crazy (Total 6 APS SLRs? :-). > I wish to continue using 35mm too but I want this automatic > scanning (load > it and forget it) like APS scanning, which means to me I have to > buy more > expensive Nikon scanner. > Automatic scanning takes much of the pain away from the film scanning.
LOL ... I still have a Canon EOS IX (sadly, just 22-55mm lens now that all my good Canon primes are sold), an ELPH Jr and a Contax Tix. Do you need another Canon IX body? ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
