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Subject: Re: [OM] Interesting news from Kodak
From: "tOM Trottier" <Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 07:05:54 -0400
"without plumbing nor generation of hazardous waste"
http://www.asf.com/products/dpic/default.asp


"The one drawback of the system is that it destroys the original film negative. 
To counteract this, ASF calls the DigiPix CD a "digital negative." Each photo 
is digitized into three files: 1,600-by-2,496, 1,268-by-1,978 and 512-by-768. 
In other words, the top resolution is roughly equivalent to that of a 4-
megapixel digital camera file, while the lowest is Web- and e-mail-ready. The 
CD automatically displays a thumbnail index when inserted into a computer and 
includes a slide show utility." 
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,589931,00.asp  

tOM

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003 at 11:42
Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> "The system develops conventional film without chemicals"
> Really?
> jez
> 
> "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>@Zuiko.sls.bc.ca on 14-05-2003 11:33:16 AM
> 
> Please respond to olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
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> To:    <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject:    [OM] Interesting news from Kodak
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> 
> This from the yesterday's New York Times suggests that there is hope yet
> for
> film (although a recent UK magazine review of the product suggested that
> image quality has some way to go before it matches the 'real' stuff).  ASF
> is also the originator of Digital ICE, GEM and ROC.
> 
> Piers
> 
> ==
> Page 4, Column 1
> c. 2003 New York Times Company
> 
> Eastman Kodak said it had agreed to buy the 's rapid-film-processing
> technology of Applied Science Fiction Inc. to increase sales at photo
> kiosks. The price was not disclosed. The system develops conventional film
> without chemicals, converts photos into digital files, prints pictures and
> stores them on a compact disc in minutes, Kodak said. Kodak is trying to
> encourage photo printing because photographic paper is one of its more
> profitable products, and because sales of regular film are declining as
> consumers shift to digital cameras, which do not use it. The company has
> hired executives experienced in digital imaging, including Antonio Perez,
> formerly of the Hewlett-Packard Company, as chief operating officer. Kodak,
> based in Rochester, has more than 40,000 kiosks, or free-standing
> photo-developing machines, worldwide. ==

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