Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This has been around for the past couple of years. It is the Applied Science Fiction unit. We had one here locally for a few months as a trial. It works reasonably well. ASF invented a dry processing method for color neg film. The main problem is that you do not get your negs back. They're destroyed during the processing/scanning. Because of that, it was used 99% of the time for printing digital media rather than processing/scanning/printing film. Folks who use film simply do not want to give up their negs for a CD. Kodak bought ASF. JB At 10:17 AM 2/9/2004 -0500, Jim Hemenway wrote: >I just now heard on CNN that Kodak has announced a self-service ATM-like >machine which will process film and deliver prints in 15 minutes. > >It will process the film in 5 minutes, then allow the customer to view, >crop/enlarge the pictures on a screen and then print the pics. > >Cost will be $4.00 for processing which will include a CD containing the >images... no negatives will be returned. > >Each print will cost 29 cents. > >Machine cost is $35,000. > >CVS stores in New England will have them in place in a couple of months. > >I found this via Google news: >http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,110848,00.html > > >-- > >Jim - http://www.hemenway.com > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html