Steve Goss wrote:
> > railroads, who sell slides. Original slides of engines, trains, etc. The
> > problem is that for them to get inventory to sell, they have to take
> multiple
> > shots of the same engine. (Duplicated slides don't cut it) Since trains
> have a
> > habit of moving, to get a bunch of slides of an engine you have to take a
> bunch
> > of pictures at once, very quickly. Set up your tripod, compose, focus,
> and
> > when the train arrives, crank up the motor drive.
> > So, yes, there is a use. Limited, but it exists.
While I understand the convenience, I would think that a professional
would prefer to make a medium format original and copy 35mm slides from
that. This would remove any limit on the number of slides which could be
sold and would allow a higher quality original if one were ever needed.
Would there still be a substantial difference in quality between an original
35mm slide and one copied from a quality medium format slide? The copy
would still have one more optical transformation, which I suppose must
degrade the image somewhat, though presumably less than copying from a
35mm slide.
I only use slide film once every decade or so, so I'm pretty ignorant
here....
Eric Pederson
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