Re: Digi-film camera

? "Chris H" <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>, Peter
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> >"Bigguy" <bigguy36@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Jack Offstermeyer wrote:
> >>> My elderly mother always loved film for taking picture of the
> >>>grandkids  and stuff and never could comprehend digital.  Lord knows
> >>>I tried to  convince her to go digital so she could share the
> >>>pictures online, but  she was content mailing us all prints.
> >>>
> >>> Last month she went to a new camera shop and they convinced her to
> >>>get  one of the new digi-film cameras.  I hadn't heard of them but
> >>>boy, they  are great.  They give her the best of both film and
digital.
> >>>
> >> Be sure to check it is in fact using digi-film - some shops are
> >>passing  off analogue film as digital. The digi-film can be identified
> >>by its black  or white pixels; analogue type film has the whole grey
> >>scale...
> >>
> >>> She snaps away to her hearts content, then takes the camera to the
> >>>shop.  They downloads the imaged from the camera to their proprietary
> >>>computer  and put them on a CD.  At the same time, they burn
> >>>negatives for her so  that they can make prints for her.  She loves
> >>>leaving the store with  negatives in hand -- even if they are
> >>>digitally produced negatives.
> >>>
> >>> The camera was a bit pricey but it seems to be worth it.  Last week
> >>>she  paid them to upgrade it with more memory.  Now it'll go up to 36
> >>>high-quality images before she needs to take it to the shop.
> >>>
> >> Hmm... sounds like that old analogue film to me...    ;-)
> >>> I hope this technology catches on and they expand it to other
> >>>cameras  soon.  Maybe then the price of the cameras will start to
> >>>come down.
> >
> >
> >ROFL
> >So few checked the date.
> >Ho got mosta you
>
> The date is irrelevant... I have found a shop  in Hong Kong run by some
> Nigerians who can sell be a Digi-Film Camera.. Not cheap but that is
> what you expect for cutting edge technology.
>
> I notice the sour grapes attitude of my local camera shop is a bit bad.
> They are telling me the technology does not exist.  I think this is
> because they want to sell me more of the old stock they still have.  I
> think this is a bad show.
>
> The Nigerians in Hong Kong are a great bunch now I have go to know them
> by email. Not only can they sell me the Digi-film camera but they have
> the inside line on some US real estate but being Nigerians they can't do
> the deal in the US so they have asked me to help.
>
> My cut is huge and far outweighs the few thousands I will need to spend
> on admin and paperwork.  Actually the guys in Hong Kong have even
> offered to do the admin if I give them the cash. Not a problem as I
> stand to make millions.
>
> Any one else interested ion a Digi-film camera or some US land deals?
>
<sarcasm>
I had first this type of camera revealed in a dream. Of course the dream
didn't include its blueprints. Maybe someone stole my dream? Maybe in a
couple of years film will be stone dead, anyway.
</sarcasm>

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Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
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