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From: wek@point.UUCP (Bill Kuykendall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Photo Slides from Graphics Screens
Keywords: Photo slides, screen capture, graphics screens, slidemakers
Message-ID: <[2947.1]comp.ibmpc;1@point.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 89 12:00:06 GMT
References: <4274@blake.acs.washington.edu>
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>My boss has seen a few ads for "Make Your Own Slides From PC Screens" lately,
>and wants me to pursue the idea and check on costs, decent products, etc.

I spent a lot of time last year researching this for my company.  We had a
couple of cameras in on evaluation, including the Pallette and the Montage,
only to discover that the quality was not what we were used to from our
slide making contractor.  

We eventually learned that in order to maintain the sharpness of the focus
all the way to the edge of the slide, the lens needs to be much larger than
the slide itself.  The contractor's camera had a 5 inch lens, while the
units we were testing had 40 or 50 mm lenses.  The contractor's camera cost
$70,000 -- a bit much for our needs.

What we finally decided to do was do the artwork in house with Harvard
Graphics and modem the slide show to our contractor.  We get them back the
next day, and they cost $7.50 each (we used to pay $50-60 when they did it
all).  If we had our own camera, we'd still have to pay for developing at
$2.50 each, a pc would be tied up for around 6 minutes per slide while
shooting them, and someone would have to babysit the machine and change the
film every 36 exposures.

All in all, I think we found the most cost effective solution, and the
quality is first rate.

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Bill K