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Re: [OM] Digital OM-5?

Subject: Re: [OM] Digital OM-5?
From: Richard Schaetzl <Richard.Schaetzl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 11:12:31 +0200
Ken Norton wrote:

> However....  Let me clarify something:  My desire for getting an IMAGEK (or
> comparable product), is in proofing, practice, and quick turnaround low-res
> imaging.  

Why don´t you use the Polaroid instant slide film?

It takes 5 minutes from the shoot to the slide.  It is available in b+w
(ISO 125/22°, 400/27° for the high contrast version) and colour (ISO
40/17°) in 12 and 36 slides per roll.  
The colour slide film works like an CCD, with three different coloured
filters on the film. This technology was used too with some of the very
first 35mm colour films available in the 30´s.

> I cannot use a different camera for proofing, as I need the
> equivelent to a poloroid back for the camera.  

It works with every OM

> I cannot use a different
> camera for practice (timing in sports photography), as that would totally
> defeat the purpose anyway.  As far as the quick turnaround low-res imaging?

5 minutes for 12 or 36 pictures should be much faster than the actual
digital technology. 

> Sure, any camera would do, but why should I make a parallel system
> investment?  If I'm going to do that, I might as well sell my entire Olympus
> system and get a Nikon F5 with digital back!

AFAIK there is no F5 with digital back, but the Polaroid system is
pretty cheap (ca. 200,- DM ~100,- EUR for the starter kit) compared to
separate camera backs.

> Meanwhile a company is developing a
> solution that, although not perfect, does meet my current needs.  I just
> wish other companies were doing the same.

Yes, Polaroid did this some years ago, it is readyly available, in
contrast to Imageteks vapour ware.

Richard


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