On Mon, 7 Sep 1998 22:16:16 -0500, "Ken Norton" <image66@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
snip...snip...
>
>I will also use DIGITAL for proofing and practice! A digital film insert
>will satisfy my needs for practice following tennis balls, flying objects,
>race cars etc...
>
>Do I need a digital body for the above? Nope, just an insert to replace the
>film--that's all.
>
>Ken N.
I agree with you, Ken. I would be happy with a digital insert for the
same reasons. But I am afraid it will take some time until the digital
insert by Imagek will be on the market - for OM bodies that is.
I am pretty sure that, unlike the standardized film cartridges which
fit into any 35mm camera body, digital inserts will have to be
designed and made for every body separately. I cannnot see how a
digital insert made to fit in my IS 3 would also fit into my OM-4T...
In their on line questionnaire Imagek ask all potential users very
specifically which camera system they are using - I take it that they
decide from the answers which camera will be the first to build the
digital insert for. And I am afraid it is not very realistic to think
that Olympus OM will be high on the target list here...
I also would have thought that OEM digital backs for different cameras
(like the NPC Polaroid ones) would be easier to make than digital
inserts - but I might be wrong here, of course.
Maybe I will have to buy a real digital camera aftere all...
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.
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