It's called "Silicon film" I asked the list about it about 2 years ago, as I
recall. It uses CMOS sensors which aren't as good, but I'd guess it'd be cool
as like a Polaroid back.
http://www.siliconfilm.com/
M.E. Bachofen
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On 11/29/01 at 2:44 PM Olympus wrote:
>I read about this item a long time ago, maybe 3-4 years ago, and I've
>been waiting for it, and it has not materialized, and I figure you
>people all are bored and do nothing but read photography stuff so I'd
>ask you all.. :-)
>
>OK, the item looks like a roll of film, with some film out, enough film
>out to cover what would be the film plane in an ordinary camera. Except
>the piece sticking out is actually digital sensors, and the film case,
>is actually a small computer with a memory bank. So you stick this
>thing in like regular film, and you take pictures, just like regular
>film, but what you get is digital images, not film. I saw an article
>about it, how this item will basically give you the flexibility of SLR's
>but allow you to go digital at a whim.
>
>So if anybody knows what I am talking about, and knows the status of
>it... share!
>
>Thanks.
>Albert
>
>
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