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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Anyone heard of 70mm still photograph equipment?
Message-ID: <2079@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 18:09:09 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  3 18:09:09 1985
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Today I bought some negative storage pages (you know, the 8.5 x 11
inch plastic binder pages).  The brand was Print File.  On reading
the advertisement on the back, I discovered they are selling
pages for storing 70mm.  At first I thought this was the metric size
for 120.  (The picture size was the same 2.25 in. square).
Then I noticed they said square or rectangular.  Then I noticed
they held a different number per page and seemed to be sized differently
from the 120 pages they also sell.

The question:

Is this stuff just for the Hollywood movie types to store selected
frames from their 70mm movie films, or is somebody making 70mm
still cameras to shoot the 70mm movie film?  If so, is the film
packaged in a nice metal cassette like 35mm?  If so, will this be
the future film for medium format cameras?  Or is all of this
just marketing hype for some mundane size with another name?

If it *is* 70mm stills, this could be the start of something big. :-)

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