A really cool idea! I went to the PPA show today at Opryland Hotel, looking for a new lens. Did not find the lens, but saw an interesting display. This company had a model doing...

SonyBug

I went to the PPA show today at Opryland Hotel, looking for a new lens. Did not find the lens, but saw an interesting display. This company had a model doing continuous poses, and they were demo'ing some new cameras. An excellent idea to have a model to shoot at the show. First time I have seen that. Taken with a a6500 on Auto. I know, I know, who uses auto. The show was absolutely jammed. I hope the vendors found business to be good. Did not see Nikon or Sony there. Maybe I missed them, or maybe they don't need the business!

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DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

nikonbug wrote:

... An excellent idea to have a model to shoot at the show. First time I have seen that...

Sometime around 1955 I went to a photo show in DC. Virtually all of the vendors of cameras had a model in a bikini who would pose for the passers by. Since I was pretty young and not well enough heeled to buy any new camera equipment, that seems to be the only thing I remember about the show.

deer2ker Loc: Nashville, TN

I wanted to go but just didn't make it :( But I also noticed that Nikon and Sony were not on the Vendor List. Hopefully you got some things in your goodie bag?

nikonbug wrote:

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chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

nikonbug wrote:

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It's a cool idea but not new...i've seen this at other photo trade shows...it does tend to build a crowd at the booth :)

BebuLamar

It has been done quite often. At one time in the mid 80's I went to a camera shop and they have both the demo of the then newly introduced Minolta Maxxum 9000 and also the Polachrome. I bought a roll of Polachrome, using their demo Maxxum 9000, using their studio lights setup and took the pictures of the model they had there. They would then process my film in a minute or so. I can't find those slides any more. It was ISO 25 and has visible lines like that on an old analog TV. The color was good though.

Novicus Loc: north and east

Quote : " It was ISO 25 and has visible lines like that on an old analog TV "

How did the scanning lines appear on film ?..did you take pics. of a TV ?

BebuLamar

Novicus wrote:

Quote : " It was ISO 25 and has visible lines like that on an old analog TV "

How did the scanning lines appear on film ?..did you take pics. of a TV ?

That's the way the film is. As I said I took pictures of the model they had in the store. I can't find those slides any more but look here and you can see. It's not as bad as TV but it looks like it.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/abdukted1456/15436426204/in/photolist-5jhVvC-6ZWheG-7ZPSaq-4UvqwG-E7rwVC-a3pZcq-cPyyku-pw4HHo-bTtFki-8ZVy2q-ec7KH8-GsEPUv-hXCAQg-gBZzqE-AUTVk-5P1mjb-y2D45-M6TKU-g1Fbg7-qd4y2L-7gyyXt-fPFSLa-BFSix-joxN2M-7WhjFZ-XezuWK-a2VD57-835X5S-cx5qAG-6N3d9k-FpHTqZ-o5uwbh-fkMT7e-4Su87F-quBq5Z-gBZmWv-AUTVj-DbqxnV-bffz2K-isnxK3-4SuytV-joAce3-5kcsHx-cSxQtL-hmd3pm-ruf4TX-hmYd6X-ri6kKD-21tM1zq-CUrMzF

However the slides that I took had much better color and saturation.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

BebuLamar wrote:

That's the way the film is. As I said I took pictu... (show quote)

That is a photograph of a picture which was printed on pressed paper.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

mcveed wrote:

That is a photograph of a picture which was printed on pressed paper.

Or canvas.

chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

mcveed wrote:

Or canvas.

Yes definitely...some printing process made those "scan" lines...normally film or a direct optical print would not make them (unless taken of another print or off the old boob tube).

BebuLamar

chrisg-optical wrote:

Yes definitely...some printing process made those "scan" lines...normally film or a direct optical print would not make them (unless taken of another print or off the old boob tube).

Check here. The lines were small but when projected I can see them.

https://books.google.com/books?id=87K4RndDazoC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=polachrome+popular+photography+magazine&source=bl&ots=tMp-x5GZ1b&sig=M4g6HZeb4Y7jdOqUuhUts4_1rtw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl1uf5qNvYAhUl94MKHWkgCi8Q6AEIPjAI#v=onepage&q=polachrome%20popular%20photography%20magazine&f=false

chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

BebuLamar wrote:

Check here. The lines were small but when projected I can see them.

https://books.google.com/books?id=87K4RndDazoC&pg=PA24&lpg=PA24&dq=polachrome+popular+photography+magazine&source=bl&ots=tMp-x5GZ1b&sig=M4g6HZeb4Y7jdOqUuhUts4_1rtw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjl1uf5qNvYAhUl94MKHWkgCi8Q6AEIPjAI#v=onepage&q=polachrome%20popular%20photography%20magazine&f=false

Polachrome is a very unusual case - and a different process of side by side color receptors rather than stacked as with C-41 process films. But still the lines in the other image of the other post is definitely a printing process, not Polachrome color film pattern which would require a microscope (or high power loupe) for visibility.

Side note: I like looking at old photo mags - the ads are hilarious today.

BebuLamar

chrisg-optical wrote:

Polachrome is a very unusual case - and a different process of side by side color receptors rather than stacked as with C-41 process films. But still the lines in the other image of the other post is definitely a printing process, not Polachrome color film pattern which would require a microscope (or high power loupe) for visibility.

Side note: I like looking at old photo mags - the ads are hilarious today.

Yeah! I knew that I saw the lines on my slides but I can't find them any more. I tried to find and example online and I think I got a bad example. I remember that the slides looked great, color has good saturation but when I projected them I saw the lines although the slides still looked sharp.

chrisg-optical Loc: New York, NY

BebuLamar wrote:

Yeah! I knew that I saw the lines on my slides but I can't find them any more. I tried to find and example online and I think I got a bad example. I remember that the slides looked great, color has good saturation but when I projected them I saw the lines although the slides still looked sharp.

The funny thing is now it brought back memories - I remember when Polachrome first came out I wanted to try it out...but never got around to it - was having too much fun with Kodachrome 64 (before Mama took it away!)...it was a unique idea at the time although bad in other respects. Ah, the glory days of analog photography!

BebuLamar

chrisg-optical wrote:

The funny thing is now it brought back memories - I remember when Polachrome first came out I wanted to try it out...but never got around to it - was having too much fun with Kodachrome 64 (before Mama took it away!)...it was a unique idea at the time although bad in other respects. Ah, the glory days of analog photography!

I wouldn't have tried it either but as in my first post I walked in to the store and they were promoting the Maxxum 9000 and Polachrome at the same time. So they hired a model and have the studio strobes setup so I bought a roll and used their Maxxum 9000 and shot a roll and then used their demo processor to develop the film. That was the only roll I ever shot.