It was in the April issue of the magazine...
"Spatially Correct Access Memory"
"Fast Imaging Light Management"
...
nice one!
Jez
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UVF - THE WAY OF THE FUTURE?
reprinted courtesy "Digital Camera" magazine
Just when everyone was coming to accept the digital process, news has
started to leak out about
some amazing new technology that is set to revolutionise still photography.
Supported by Kodak,
Fuji, Nikon and Canon amongst others, the new technology, known as
Universal Visual Format
(UVF for short), will be officially launched at Photokina in September.
Many details of the format
are still secret but the proponents of the process are foreshadowing great
advantages for UVF.
These claims include:
Totally platform independent files that will be able to be read in 5, 10 or
100 years time, with no
compatibility concerns. Details of this technology have not been revealed
but it uses a system
called "spatially correct access memory" where the memory files are written
in the same geometric
relationship as they exist in the image.
Images are stored in maximum quality RAW format to obviate the need for
image quality choice at
the taking stage. The file size per image will vary from 30 megabytes to a
huge 150 megabytes,
depending on the selection of image size within the UVF format.
Very cheap removable memory cassettes that will cost as little as $7 per
gigabyte.
UVF will automatically write semi-archival files as you go, obviating the
need to transfer portable
memory to CD after the shooting session is completed. This is achieved by
using what the devel-opers
of the system call "Fast Imaging Light Management" technology.
The system is compatible with all existing SLR lens ranges and unlike
digital does not have a focal
length multiplier effect, so wide angle lenses will retain their full angle
of view.
Avoidance of the problem with digital SLR's of dust accumulating on the CCD
sensors by providing
a cleaned sensor for very photograph.
UVF images can be printed to paper, projected or sent over the Internet via
an adapter that will cost
in the order of $250.
UVF projectors will be available in the autumn of 2003 and will provide two
to three times the
resolution of current digital CCD projectors. They will be fully
stand-alone machines, with no
need for a separate computer interface and unlike digital projectors, will
be able to show full
screen vertical as well as horizontal images. The really good news is that
UVF projectors are
expected to sell for as little as one fifth the price of digital
projectors.
As mentioned at the start of this article, full details will be revealed at
Photokina in September. Keep
watching the photographic magazines for further information on a system
that will almost certainly
revolutionise photography in the future.
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