[Leica] Film options -- what's special

[Afterswift at aol.com (Afterswift@aol.com)]

In a message dated 7/14/04 9:33:36 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org writes:

<< Bob tells us that "Kodak assured me that film R&D goes 
on uninterrupted."
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Well isn't that special. >>
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At the time I corresponded with Kodak they had announced that they'd 
discontinued making film cameras, except for the disposable type. I was 
curious about 
what other plans they had for film production. What may be 'special' is the 
direction R&D will take film now. Self-setting white balance? Simplification 
of 
processing?
Synchronization between film and an LCD display on a reengineered film 
camera? There might be some crossover between digital and film reminiscent 
of what 
happened in the car field now that the Toyota hybrid engine has even 
penetrated 
the minds of the geniuses who run the Ford Motor Company. We might even get 
an ISO 800 T-Max film with imperceptible grain to the unaided eye in a 16x20 
print. 

Bob