It never emerged and is already old technology, limited to 1.3 meg
resolution, I think.. I'm sure someone else has more dirt on it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Mats.Elfstrom@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 11:36 AM
Subject: [OM] Digital image cartridge for SLR cameras
>
> Hi All!
>
> Sorry if this is off topic, but I am curious about something I saw back in
> 1998 on the Internet.
> It was a digital cartridge designed to fit in the film cassette cavity of
a
> standard SLR camera, with a CCD 'tongue' that was supposed to fit under
the
> pressure plate to convert any SLR to a digital camera.
>
> The thing was back then in its prototype phase, but was described as set
for
> production. I cannot remember anything about its intended resolution or
> memory capacity.
>
> I admit I was sceptical at the time, and it seems as if the product never
> hit the market.
> Anyone remember this? What became of it?
>
> Regards, Mats.E
>
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