Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, AGFA x-rays and pacs are still going: who knows for how long, but we are big users of their digital systems ;-) On 19/10/2006, at 7:39, Philip Forrest wrote: > I had my ankle digitally x-rayed in 2005 right before I got out of > the Navy. > Funny thing, it was an AGFA machine that did the shoot. Too little > too late > for AGFA... > The scan and the software that they used to diagnose my sprain was > awesome > though. It looked like I had benn under a scanning electron > microsope with > the detail in the bone that the image showed. > > I was given 2 "newer" formulations of Kodak film when I was working > in a > processing lab in California last May. Both were variations on the > portra > just as BD mentioned. > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+photo.forrest=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of B. D. Colen > Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:32 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film > > The background is pretty obvious, Hoppy - Kodak, which used to own > photography, now has to give away film to try to hang on to its > declining > film business. Speaking of which - has anyone else here experienced > digital > dental x-raying? It was quite an amazing experience - and I'm sure > is yet > another nail in Kodak's film coffin. > > BTW - Kodak is not giving away a "new film emulsion" - It is giving > away > samples of its "newest" film emulsions. And that's a big > difference. (I > believe they have some "new" formulations of Portra films - at > least that's > the only vaguely recent press release they have related to anything > "new" in > film.) > > Bottom line? It's called P.R. > > > > On 10/18/06 5:14 PM, "G Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > >> And add orders for the LUG Down Under folks ;-) >> Has anyone seen this sort of promotion previously or know the >> background > to >> this? Very interesting that Kodak should be releasing a >> new emulsion. That seems contrary to the whole digital tsunami >> thingie. >> >> Cheers >> Hoppy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On >> Behalf Of >> vick.ko@sympatico.ca >> Sent: Thursday, 19 October 2006 02:53 >> To: idcc@kjsl.com; lug@leica-users.org >> Subject: re: [Leica] Newest Kodak emulsions - Free Film >> >> Can someone order the film and send it to me in Canada: >> >> >> > <http://www.kodak.com/global/mul/professional/support/wrt/campaigns/ > GC00369/ > en >> try.jhtml> >> >> ...Vick >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information