P3D Re: One more new product

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A very interesting concept.  I wonder how it "knows" when the shutter has
been tripped, and when the "film" has been advanced.

-pd


At 11:26 PM 3/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>A digital solution for photographers unwilling
>to part with their 35 mm cameras may be
>available to photo supply (and consumer
>electronics) dealers/retailers sometime late this
>summer. It should probably work in old 1950
>style stereo cameras.
>
>A megapixel "film pack" (a cartridge shaped
>like a roll of 35 mm film) is in development
>by Imagek, the Costa Mesa, California based
>electronic imaging unit of Irvine Sensors Corp.
>The EFS-1 pack is a 1.3 million-pixel imaging
>and storage device that fits into a film cavity
>of a 35 mm camera. It is being billed as a way
>to convert any 35 mm camera immediately into
>a digital camera.
>
>The device is battery operated and self-contained.
>It has a high-resolution (1280x1024) CMOS sensor,
>gets 24 bit color resolution, stores 30 images
>and is reusable up to 100 thousand times! These
>features along with a standard PC connection
>are all expected to be on the product when it
>becomes available.
>
>Lawrence
> 
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