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Full-frame MF digital sensor -- so what happened?
Hi all,
In another discussion group, I was made aware of this product, which is rather dated, now. Apparently, this product was presented at a trade show... so, other than the price, what killed it? Here's some older info : http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9604cs.html and more recently, they introduced a single-shot color back : http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9610ecs.html Regards, Neil |
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Full-frame MF digital sensor -- so what happened?
"Neil Gould" wrote in message
... Hi all, In another discussion group, I was made aware of this product, which is rather dated, now. Apparently, this product was presented at a trade show... so, other than the price, what killed it? Here's some older info : http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9604cs.html and more recently, they introduced a single-shot color back : http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9610ecs.html The first article is lightweight. I met and partied in 96 or so with a guy that worked (or contracted) with them and he said they had an 8x10" CCD. He was peculiar enough that we let him do the beer run. A six-pack at a time. Once. Anyway, it's bull that the military dropped interest because of expenses. The word Pixel entered the aerial recon vocabulary in the sixties. Yes, they had it then, and they ain't going to give up on it now. (Never mind the stories about dropping film from satelites; it's not the whole truth.) Regarding the second, well it's a story of a marketing failure. The photograph they used in their promotional material just plain freaks out everyone who looks for a serious effort. See: http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/images/9610p.jpg I mean, can you really go back once you've seen that? Or this? http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/images/9610q.jpg Anywho, it's pretty much a toss-up for me: Comfortable retirement or the purchase of a Dicomed sensor. Ponder, ponder. |
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Full-frame MF digital sensor -- so what happened?
Neil Gould wrote:
Hi all, In another discussion group, I was made aware of this product, which is rather dated, now. Apparently, this product was presented at a trade show... so, other than the price, what killed it? Here's some older info : http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9604cs.html and more recently, they introduced a single-shot color back : http://www.epi-centre.com/reports/9610ecs.html Regards, Neil Apparently out of business. I found the following on a United States Patent and Trademark Office web site, dated Sept 10, 2002: Service by Publication A petition to cancel the registration identified below having been filed, and the notice of such proceeding sent to registrant at the last known address having been returned by the Postal Service as undeliverable, notice is hereby given that unless the registrant listed herein, its assigns or legal representatives, shall enter an appearance within thirty days of this publication, the cancellation will proceed as in the case of default. Dicomed, Inc., Burnsville, MN, Registration No. 2,108,679 for the mark "DICOMED", Cancellation No. 92/040,193. ROCHELLE RICKS, Paralegal Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, for ROBERT M. ANDERSON Acting Assistant Commissioner For Trademarks They evidently didn't own the chips they used, purchasing them from the company that makes the chips for the LEAF backs. Possibly absorbed by Better Light. |
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Full-frame MF digital sensor -- so what happened?
Recently, no_name posted:
Neil Gould wrote: In another discussion group, I was made aware of this product, which is rather dated, now. Apparently, this product was presented at a trade show... so, other than the price, what killed it? Apparently out of business. [...] They evidently didn't own the chips they used, purchasing them from the company that makes the chips for the LEAF backs. Possibly absorbed by Better Light. I was mainly curious about the lack of pursuit of a 6x6cm sensor since one was apparently "available" as far back as 1996. Neil |
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Full-frame MF digital sensor -- so what happened?
Neil Gould wrote:
Recently, no_name posted: Neil Gould wrote: In another discussion group, I was made aware of this product, which is rather dated, now. Apparently, this product was presented at a trade show... so, other than the price, what killed it? Apparently out of business. [...] They evidently didn't own the chips they used, purchasing them from the company that makes the chips for the LEAF backs. Possibly absorbed by Better Light. I was mainly curious about the lack of pursuit of a 6x6cm sensor since one was apparently "available" as far back as 1996. Neil The 6x6cm sensor seems to have been vapor-wear, although I believe Better Light does offer a scanning back for 4" x 5" and may still offer some kind of scanning back for selected medium format cameras. Doubt it has a "full frame" sensor (i.e. 6x6cm though. |
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Full-frame MF digital sensor -- so what happened?
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no_name wrote: Apparently out of business. [snip] They evidently didn't own the chips they used, purchasing them from the company that makes the chips for the LEAF backs. Possibly absorbed by Better Light. I believe that Mike Collette, president of Better Light, designed the backs for Dicomed. For a while Better Light provided support for Dicomed backs after Dicomed stopped selling them. -- Brian Reynolds | "It's just like flying a spaceship. | You push some buttons and see http://www.panix.com/~reynolds/ | what happens." -- Zapp Brannigan NAR# 54438 | |
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