arnold@umcp-cs.UUCP (11/02/83)
In the lastest issue of Smithsonian Magazine (November 1983) there is an ad for "The new 35mm Autoprocess System" from Polariod. The new 35mm Autoprocess System includes the 35mm autoprocessor slide mounter 25 slide mounts 2 rolls of polachrome cs film (12 exposure) Does anybody out there know how good the polachrome film is? How the autoprocessor works? Polariod claims that this film is different technology with a denser base and slower ISO. It seems to be an interesting idea. --- arnold@umcp-cs -- --- Arnold Miller, U of Maryland, College Park MD Usenet: ...!seismo!umcp-cs!arnold Arpanet: arnold%umcp-cs@CSNet-Relay
thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (11/06/83)
I've used it a little. It works pretty well - it is only about ASA 40, though. The grain is quite large for such a slow film, and it has a weird silvery backing on it with "raster lines". Makes a nice diffraction grating, in fact. But, if you need slides in 60 seconds (plus mounting), it's wonderful stuff. And, considering the cost of film + processing, it's about the same price as (say) Ektachrome, at least in the larger sizes. The "processor" costs $75+ (it was $75 with a state discount), so you have to be doing a lot of film to pay it off, the film is about $10/roll (again with state discount) for 36 exposures (and about $8 for 12 exposures). It will work in ANY 35mm camera - we're using it in our frame buffer camera unit. =Spencer