Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The following is from the British Journal of Photography. Is this one of those things you read about once and never hear anything about it ever again? from bjp:------------------------- Applied Science Fiction, the Texas-based developer of digital imaging technologies, has received an estimated £38 million of capital in its latest round of venture funding. The company, which supplies image enhancement software to scanner manufacturers such as Acer, Minolta and Nikon, is currently developing a revolutionary digital film processing technology (BJP, 29 March 2000). In an exclusive test for BJP, ASF demonstrated at photokina that its new process allows digital images to be taken from exposed but unprocessed film (BJP, 18 October 2000). The latest round of private investment, which attracted IBM among the backers, is thought to take ASF's total funds raised to around £62 million. If the digital dry film process proves successful, it could change the face of the lab industry: according to reports, liquid pollutants and fumes are reduced, allowing kiosks to be placed almost anywhere. - --------------------------------------- Brian McCarthy brian@imagespace.co.uk www.imagespace.co.uk