I remember that too. They never got off the ground and it was only around 1
megapixel. A dead idea from the start.
Tom
>
> I just want an OM-5!
>
> A few years ago I saw a story about a drop-in CCD device for use with an
> ordinary 35mm camera. They had a website with photos of a prototype (or
> mockup). Looked like a film canister with a square tab that extended out
> into the film-plane. Supposedly, you would drop the thing into your camera
> and it would sit until it detected a change in light, then it would record
> an image onto the flash memory and wait for the next. Once you were done,
> just remove it and drop it into a docking-station to download to your
> computer. Don't remember if it had full frame coverage or not.
>
> OF COURSE I lost the address and never did hear anything more about it.
> People in the computer industry know what vaporware is, and I am guessing
> that this product died before it ever got started. I am still wishing for
> the day that someone will make an interchangeable camera back / CCD unit.
> That would be great! I could shoot film or digital. Well, guess I'll put
> that up on the shelf with my trusty OM-5.
>
>
>
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