Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 01:08 PM 3/10/00 -0500, Peter Jon White wrote: >are we ever likely to see 24x36mm chips >> sitting in the back >> of our (by then) old 35mm cameras? I recall there was one American (?) >> outfit who touted this idea and from whom we've heard very >> little of late. > >Wasn't there mention in Shutterbug a while back about a drop-in device for >35mm bodies? It sits in the film canister chamber and extends across the >pressure plate (perhaps replacing the pressure plate?) and has full frame >coverage. > >Peter Jon White You can find this vaporware at http://www.imagek.com/ pronounced "I'm a geek". If one stops and simply thinks about the ramifications of this device, one can quickly see that it is not a panacea. Jim