On Tue, 08 Sep 1998 08:32:11 GMT, Frank van Lindert <lindertv@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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>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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