Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. - --------------ms34D39119600C1E17655E0DF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dan, Here's part of an article (I summarize in parts) in yesterday's Technology Post (South China Morning Post), quoting Mr Patrick Stewart, formerly Kodak's general manager for greater China, now VP in charge of K's professional division: [He thinks there's still a good future for film:] "I think it's going to have a long tail on it. The overall colour reversal film market is pretty flat. It's not in free-fall decline, it's just pretty flat. Digital imigaing is coming up very fast, but it's additive. I think it will be a dual market for upwards of 10 years". [On scanners:] "Now that ther are more digital output options - the digital LED printer, our LF Crt printer, where people see that they can scan images in and get them out to very productive work flows, like a direct-output writer or paper or some type of display material - scanners are taking off again". [On new film formulae:] K is concentrating on making its film more scannable. "The challenges in transparencies is, how do we make an image that looks good on a light box and yet has a dynamic range that works well in a digitised form? That's going to take some technology, and we don't have that all right now. That is the target, though". The future of photographic consumables lay not with how people made images, but how they reproduced them. Leically, Dan Post wrote: > Donal- > > ... I went to Wolf Camera, working only on weekends, and I have seen the > minilab volume > steadily increase there, as well. > To be fair, only one of our stores has the APS capable printer, a Fuji > SFA238. It is in out highest volume store, but even at that, where the roll > count is about 250-300 a day, I have rarely seen more than 15-20 APS rolls > come in for develope and print service and even fewer reprint orders. > We have to send the APS out from the other store to the Main Lab, and I > recall only about 4-5 rolls coming in for outlab service here last weekend. - --------------ms34D39119600C1E17655E0DF0 Content-Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature; name="smime.p7s" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="smime.p7s" Content-Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature MIIKXQYJKoZIhvcNAQcCoIIKTjCCCkoCAQExCzAJBgUrDgMCGgUAMAsGCSqGSIb3DQEHAaCC CMswggQVMIIDfqADAgECAhA1Ig6COYx1gK1mPaKa+irmMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBBAUAMGIxETAP BgNVBAcTCEludGVybmV0MRcwFQYDVQQKEw5WZXJpU2lnbiwgSW5jLjE0MDIGA1UECxMrVmVy aVNpZ24gQ2xhc3MgMSBDQSAtIEluZGl2aWR1YWwgU3Vic2NyaWJlcjAeFw05ODA1MTgwMDAw MDBaFw05ODA3MTcyMzU5NTlaMIIBETERMA8GA1UEBxMISW50ZXJuZXQxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZl cmlTaWduLCBJbmMuMTQwMgYDVQQLEytWZXJpU2lnbiBDbGFzcyAxIENBIC0gSW5kaXZpZHVh bCBTdWJzY3JpYmVyMUYwRAYDVQQLEz13d3cudmVyaXNpZ24uY29tL3JlcG9zaXRvcnkvQ1BT IEluY29ycC4gYnkgUmVmLixMSUFCLkxURChjKTk2MSYwJAYDVQQLEx1EaWdpdGFsIElEIENs YXNzIDEgLSBOZXRzY2FwZTEYMBYGA1UEAxMPQnJpYW4gQ2FybCBTaGF3MSMwIQYJKoZIhvcN AQkBFhRiY2pzaGF3QGhrdWNjLmhrdS5oazBcMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA0sAMEgCQQDaXirW +3p9icROa2HsFXgSGsNEZ93QvVxezouzCjIkTPmRrv5WP0jWl/O92uVxLvYn1xe+EmlYPvTM mCXF0NdBAgMBAAGjggFdMIIBWTAJBgNVHRMEAjAAMIGvBgNVHSAEgacwgDCABgtghkgBhvhF AQcBATCAMCgGCCsGAQUFBwIBFhxodHRwczovL3d3dy52ZXJpc2lnbi5jb20vQ1BTMGIGCCsG AQUFBwICMFYwFRYOVmVyaVNpZ24sIEluYy4wAwIBARo9VmVyaVNpZ24ncyBDUFMgaW5jb3Jw LiBieSByZWZlcmVuY2UgbGlhYi4gbHRkLiAoYyk5NyBWZXJpU2lnbgAAAAAAADARBglghkgB hvhCAQEEBAMCB4AwgYYGCmCGSAGG+EUBBgMEeBZ2ZDQ2NTJiZDYzZjIwNDcwMjkyOTg3NjNj OWQyZjI3NTA2OWM3MzU5YmVkMWIwNTlkYTc1YmM0YmM5NzAxNzQ3ZGE1YzVlZjE0MWJlYWRi MmJkMmU4ODIxNmFkNmJmMWQ3MTE0OTlkYTNiZjQxZmJmM2VhNDU1ZTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQQF AAOBgQCjnuoI34sK2fErH3dBYY0IV3wI4Cqw2BX5dnfnhZDnO4XbEU5IFmM/bg3X1AT/bsm1 ZV7KFwqsctaPHrhy26R3PL/NyumnqgIVjZqX2ExU2D6xV1BgSqkrCFqoNaNkHDt6FcpxgbBI 5RnUrcKaD2orvrd1fxxt4tClBX4fJJK9jzCCAnkwggHioAMCAQICEFIfNR3ycH4AK77KWYcE 1TkwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQECBQAwXzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZlcmlTaWduLCBJ bmMuMTcwNQYDVQQLEy5DbGFzcyAxIFB1YmxpYyBQcmltYXJ5IENlcnRpZmljYXRpb24gQXV0 aG9yaXR5MB4XDTk2MDYyNzAwMDAwMFoXDTk5MDYyNzIzNTk1OVowYjERMA8GA1UEBxMISW50 ZXJuZXQxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZlcmlTaWduLCBJbmMuMTQwMgYDVQQLEytWZXJpU2lnbiBDbGFz cyAxIENBIC0gSW5kaXZpZHVhbCBTdWJzY3JpYmVyMIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCB iQKBgQC2FKbPTdAFDdjKI9BvqrQpkmOOLPhvltcunXZLEbE2jVfJw/0cxrr+Hgi6M8qV6r7j W80GqLd5HUQq7XPysVKDaBBwZJHXPmv5912dFEObbpdFmIFH0S3L3bty10w/cariQPJUObwW 7s987LrbP2wqsxaxhhKdrpM01bjV0Pc+qQIDAQABozMwMTAPBgNVHRMECDAGAQH/AgEBMAsG A1UdDwQEAwIBBjARBglghkgBhvhCAQEEBAMCAQYwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQECBQADgYEAwfr3AudX yhF1xpwM+it3T4dFFzvj0sHaD1g5jq6VmQOhqKE4/nmakxcLl4Y5x8poNGa7x4hF9sgMBe6+ lyXv4NRu5H+ddlzOfboUoq4Ln/tnW0ilZyWvGWSI9nLYKSeqNxJqsSivJ4MYZWyN7UCeTcR4 qIbs6SxQv6b5DduwpkowggIxMIIBmgIFAqQAAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQECBQAwXzELMAkGA1UE BhMCVVMxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZlcmlTaWduLCBJbmMuMTcwNQYDVQQLEy5DbGFzcyAxIFB1Ymxp YyBQcmltYXJ5IENlcnRpZmljYXRpb24gQXV0aG9yaXR5MB4XDTk2MDEyOTAwMDAwMFoXDTk5 MTIzMTIzNTk1OVowXzELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxFzAVBgNVBAoTDlZlcmlTaWduLCBJbmMuMTcw NQYDVQQLEy5DbGFzcyAxIFB1YmxpYyBQcmltYXJ5IENlcnRpZmljYXRpb24gQXV0aG9yaXR5 MIGfMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAQUAA4GNADCBiQKBgQDlGb9to1ZhLZlIcfZn3rmN67eehoAKkQ76 OCWvRoiC5XOooJskXQ0fzGVuDLDQVoQYh5oGmxChc9+0WDlrbsH2FdWoqD+qEgaNMax/sDTX jzRniAnNFBHiTkVWaR94AoDa3EeRKbs2yWNcxeDXLYd7obcysHswuiovMaruo2fa2wIDAQAB MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBAgUAA4GBAFJzuppV3Nw/gn2wkJhiKoJMdgBuJT3VwglwVwEMD3cfGKH7 HGAOoHU7SSFB/qdcLUxCSdP/KNiM6p3+yQfid4JTI95V885Ek/r6TL3KNvNbZrKeyPIMXl7U obQhCTPKO1n8ksI4/K3ZliTgLfqjKfUzaHhOtLyfaTXiqJiUczvEMYIBWjCCAVYCAQEwdjBi MREwDwYDVQQHEwhJbnRlcm5ldDEXMBUGA1UEChMOVmVyaVNpZ24sIEluYy4xNDAyBgNVBAsT K1ZlcmlTaWduIENsYXNzIDEgQ0EgLSBJbmRpdmlkdWFsIFN1YnNjcmliZXICEDUiDoI5jHWA rWY9opr6KuYwCQYFKw4DAhoFAKB9MBgGCSqGSIb3DQEJAzELBgkqhkiG9w0BBwEwHAYJKoZI hvcNAQkFMQ8XDTk4MDYyNDEzNDE1MlowHgYJKoZIhvcNAQkPMREwDzANBggqhkiG9w0DAgIB KDAjBgkqhkiG9w0BCQQxFgQUDQusxicJ8orqghC2swhJecSXJVQwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQAE QJoMInzfE9axLoZwO+mko0vvPy84aHkkph8qWYn1X8YpapTzQdf8S77BU9PNEUYkPw8u74Qo 1uYrgg63/GQDrUg= - --------------ms34D39119600C1E17655E0DF0--