Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Scott, Kodak is trying out a business venture of high speed scanning of prints. They have a advanced beta-store doing scans for fifty cents each. The claim to fame is the ability to stack up the prints in a feed bin and just let the machine run. Time will tell. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 1/18/06, Scott McLoughlin <scott@adrenaline.com> wrote: > > I also really enjoyed these images. What got me into photography > a few years back was, yes, my grandparent's shoeboxes full of > negs and old prints of my now deceased mother. > > I wonder if our young folk will discover old hard drives and CD's > of images up in dusty old attics and thus rediscover in small part > a bit of the past. > > I've thought there would be a business opportunity to provide a > photo archiving site that featured serious, life long or even multi- > generational archiving - sort of an Iron Mountain (secure business > document storage) kind of business, but for consumer photos (the > consumers that could afford such a service). > > A good name for such a business might be "shoebox.com" :-) > > Scott > > Luis Miguel Casta?eda wrote: > > > > > On 18/01/2006, at 3:12, SonC@aol.com wrote: > > > >> I had a wonderful moment recently. I opened a big box from my > >> parents home > >> and found some pictures. > > > > > > World has changed a bit since these pictures were taken. > > It's marvelous having that little windows to past times where we > > come, it helps to do not loose the bearing. > > > > Great. > > > > > > > > Saludos > > ----------------------------------------- > > http://imaginarymagnitude.net/blog/ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -- > Pics @ http://www.adrenaline.com/snaps > Leica M6TTL, Bessa R, Nikon FM3a, Nikon D70, Rollei AFM35 > (Jihad Sigint NSA FBI Patriot Act) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >