Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/01

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Subject: [Leica] What's short for Barnak? Barney, that's what...
From: SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com)
Date: Fri Oct 1 06:50:35 2004

In a message dated 10/1/2004 2:45:16 AM Central Standard Time, 
shino@panix.com writes:
....
> And here's the killer app for Photokina 2006:  simultaneous electronic 
> and film photography.  Design a camera that gives a 2 or 3 mp instant 
> gratification shot and also puts a latent image  on film.  Provide the 
> best of both worlds.  Stress the archival qualities of film and the 
> evanescence of digital media.  Any digicam that uses an electronic 
> viewfinder is already on  the way.


-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey

Kodak made one, and called it the Advantix Preview.  
http://www.kodak.com/global/en/service/advantix/preview/ownerManual/takingPictures.shtml

They were going to go into production with an Advantix Easyshare that did 
film and digital, $200, but they decided against it.  It was slated for a 
2003 
debut.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/essays/vanRiper/020531.htm



Regards, 
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
?galit?, libert?, crawfish