Re: Replacement for film

nospam wrote:
> In article <48395050.612657@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, jim <jimkindon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hi foks
>>  I haven't shot any pics for many years now, but many years
>> back along there was work being done on a unit that could go in the
>> camera in place of film and give you digital shots that could be
>> loaded into a computer. Does anyone know if this gadget was completed
>> and if so what it is called and where can it be purchased ???.
>
> it was called silicon film, among other names, and was never anything
> more than va****ware.
>
> there are a number of technical issues that preclude it from ever
> being practical, and with dslrs today selling for as little as
> $400-500, there's very little point in trying to resolve them.

A shame really. I have a few old SLR's that I'm reluctant to part with as 
they're far superior in build quality to any modern DSLR's in my opinion.
I'd gladly buy something like this if it existed, as those camera bodies
and 
lenses have still got decades of life left in them.