Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/26

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Subject: [Leica] Salgado Again DXO software
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:29:39 -0400
References: <007401cd535b$e68a11f0$b39e35d0$@chiaroscuro.co.nz> <CC0EE667.17F4A%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <035801cd53a6$a1dbb720$e5932560$@earthlink.net>

He was traveling with 50+ lbs of film, with an assistant carrying them of
course :-)

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:19 AM, Frank Filippone <red735i at 
earthlink.net>wrote:

> Certainly a good reason.... but X-Rays is not the full story....
>
> SDHC cards can have 32GB capacities.  That is roughly 2,000 M9 images.  600
> rolls of film.  At one ounce per roll, that is 600 ounces or 40 pounds.
>
> That would not even clear the weight issues with airline travel these
> days....
>
> Maybe it was the camera industry that pushed for weight reductions on
> airlines.....
>
> Frank Filippone
> Red735i at earthlink.net
>
>
> I've read that he switched to digital because carrying large amounts of
> film
> on airline flights without it getting ruined by X-Rays had basically become
> impossible.
>
>
>
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-- 
// richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com>


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