The only problem with the technology (which does uses chemicals, so I don't
quite understand their terms) is that the film is destroyed in the
processing.
No more negatives.
Tom
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From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 5:33 AM
Subject: [OM] Interesting news from Kodak
> 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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