Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Here's the link to Applied Science Fiction, and I'm surprised at your surprise, it has been getting lots of play in photo mags, trade and popular. This "News" is well over a year old. http://www.appliedsciencefiction.com/asf.asp?page=products (link may wrap) The product is called Digital PIC. Digital PICT Features : Development of 35mm and APS Film Real-Time Digitization No Plumbing or Hazardous Effluents Consistent Image Quality Simultaneous Output to Multiple Formats Internet and Broadband Ready Compact Footprint Adaptable Configurations From: "Harold Gess" I think the key may be in the date: (BJP, 29 March 2000). That is the a couple of days before 1 April and I think it may have been an April Fools date as BJP come out once a week and this issue would have covered the 1 April period! Harold 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