Posted by Bill Van Dyk on 10/11/05 14:33

Marshall Mcluhan famously observed that every art form is really just an
obsolete technology. Think about it--

So Super 8mm Film is now "art". There are wedding videographers who now
offer, as an expensive extra, some 8mm film shot of your wedding, and
then transferred to the DVD.

AnthonyR wrote:
> "Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xpr7t.net> wrote in message
> news:11jbp1e13scru92@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>"AnthonyR" wrote ...
>>
>>>Richard, i respect your perfectionism when it come to highest quality
>>>possible video capture. And also agree about
>>>the miniDVD camcorders. Although for capturing family videos, they still
>>>are a huge leap forward to what I had growing up which was
>>>8mm film, 3 minutes at a time, needed developing and had scratches and
>>>dust after a while not to mention, film was just difficult to set up view
>>>and enjoy.
>>>So compared to that, I think we both agree, a miniDVD camcorder even with
>>>it's 20 minutes limitation, and mpeg capture, limited editing etc..
>>>is so much better than home movies enthusiasts and hobbyist had to use in
>>>the past generations. Right? :)
>>
>>I am infamous in these circles for my skepticism of temporally-
>>compressed formats (video and audio).
>>
>>According to a post just yesterday in rec.arts.movies.production.sound,
>>Kodak recently announted a new super-8 film stock for professional
>>use.
>
>
> Richard,
> How interesting, new super 8 film from kodak, hmmm?
> Poor kodak actually, they are victims of technology. They try and try to
> move over to digital photography to maintain their cominant position in the
> field but
> the days of film are in the past, and they don't have a monopoly lead in the
> digital market.
>
> Maybe they now feel, if they can bring back film? Can't blame them for
> trying stuff.
> It's tuff when technology finds better ways to do stuff and old ways no
> longer are needed.
>
> Sort of like when pampers were invented, lol Diaper Service slowly dwindled
> away.
> Same for the milkman. :)
>
> AnthonyR.
>
>

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