Re: [Leica] Digital Dry film process??

["mdelman" <mdelman@rochester.rr.com>]

A neat idea but does it solve a real consumer problem?

Plus side: don't have to buy a digital camera, can get various ISO speeds (I
guess), might provide better image quality since the scanner would be
professional grade vs. consumer grade but overall may not be as high as film
Minus side: no negatives - longevity and re-print issue, still have to
upload to computer and store on hard drive, still have file maintenance
problems for computer, probably more expensive than either digital or
regular film


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian McCarthy" <brian@imagespace.co.uk>
To: "Leica Users" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2001 4:26 AM
Subject: [Leica] Digital Dry film process??


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.
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Brian McCarthy
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