Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi ok i re-read the earlier link and it's definitely a "one time use" digital camera..... no film here! :p steve, i wouldn't be surprsied if someone takes it apart and figure out how to download and clear the camera for reuse :) here's the first few para of the article....full link is here: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2003-07-27-digital_x.htm ================== The Ritz Camera chain today will introduce a one-time-use digital camera for about the same price as a typical "disposable" film camera in about 100 of its stores. Walgreens, which was testing the camera in Madison, is expanding the test to all 140 Wisconsin pharmacy outlets. And Walt Disney World will begin selling the camera at its hotels and theme parks in the fall. The 2-megapixel Dakota Digital, which offers the image quality of a $200-$250 digital camera, doesn't have an LCD screen to view images, and doesn't connect to a computer. But users can delete their last shot if they think they missed it, and they can get prints back within 15 minutes after taking the camera in for processing, because no film has to be developed. A CD of digital images is included, so users can manipulate the files on their computer and share them via e-mail and Web sites. "The one-time-use market is so strong right now, that's where we wanted to focus our attention," says Jonathan Kaplan, CEO of Pure Digital, which makes the camera. ================== boon hwee - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Photo Finished > That's the Kodak offering mentioned in the article isn't it? > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Eric Welch > Sent: 31 July 2003 07:52 > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Photo Finished > > > It's a film camera that sends back CDs as well as prints. The CD is the > digital part. Deceptive marketing. But then that's redundant. > > On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, at 11:23 PM, Red Dawn wrote: > > > i don't get it - how can digital cameras be disposable? > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.jphotog.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html