There is another use for 'stock' photographers. One I knew would shoot
several images of everything so that he could sell exclusive use of an
image and still have several very similar images to sell. A case of having
ones cake and eating it too!
AndrewF
>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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>
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