----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Williams" <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 2:09 PM Subject: [rollei_list] Re: [rolleiusers] Argomania
At 03:58 PM 1/12/2010, Mark wrote:I moved from 127 to 126 with my first two cameras as a kid:1958 10-12 yrs old: (1960-2) Brownie StarletManufactured : 1957-62 Lens : Dakon Shutter : Rotary Quantity Made : Original List Price : $6 Film Size : 127 Negative Size : 4x4 cm1963 13-14 years old Instamatic 100 126 Cartridge 28x28mmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instamatic And both were square format. Mark William RabinerI remember the classic failure of the 110 format. Kodak was, of course, trying to cut down on costs and smaller negatives meant lesssilver, which they hauled in by the pallet.I had, from time to time, some development projects with Kodak (commercial products) and remember seeing the prototype assembly linefor their 110 camera. As we all know, the image quality just wasn't there. DAW
FWIW, for many years Kodak was the largest user of silver in the world with the exception of the United States Government. It would be interesting to know the relative cost of the silver used in film versus other costs. This was certainly proprietary information but perhaps there is something on record.
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