I have thought that it is a Philips patent. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 19. marraskuuta 2003 2:37 Aihe: Re: A conversation with Noritsu. >the CD came out just before 1980. it was very expensive at first and just >for show. i attended some of the Sony seminars when they were first coming >out. you couldn't buy anything at a "record store" until about 1982 though. > >i would not be surprised to see ISO 800 color print film be about the only >easily obtainable color one. >Herb... >----- Original Message ----- >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Pentax Discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 7:22 PM >Subject: A conversation with Noritsu. > > >> Her opinion is that digital will replace film, in much the same way that >the >> compact disc replaced long play records, and that it will happen at a very >> fast pace. >> >> IIRC, the compact disc came out in around 1984 or so, and records were >> pretty much history by the early 1990s. >> >> Film's days may be severely numbered. > >

