> I have just looked on their website and a few important details seem to > be missing from the product info. How exactly does the 'film' insert > communicate to the external viewer? In order for there to be no > modifications required to the camera, presumably you need a wireless > connection of some sort (bluetooth?). There is no sign of a cable > connecting the devices, and that would make a mess of the camera seals > if they had one, surely. That being the case, how is the internal unit > powered? There is mention of 4*AA batteries but this is presumably for > the viewer as they would not fit inside the internal unit.
Yes, I wondered about how the connectivity from the inside to the outside works as well, but none of their tech sheets had info, nor did any other information on the web I could find. > Also, how does the unit know when the shutter has fired and what shutter > speed is to be used? Does it constantly 'look' for a light source and > when one is found power up the CCD? or is the CCD permanently warmed > ready for use? Does this represent a power drain of some sort? Presumably, if the internal bit can send information to the external bit, it can probably receive settings such as film speed and what-not, too. Older websites give more information: (May 2001) http://www.imaging-resource.com/NEWS/989073052.html Describes a little box to which you offload images after shooting 24 shots. http://www.ideinc.com/silfilmright.html Talks about how it was designed specifically (at first, hopefully ...) to fit the "top 5 amateur SLR cameras". http://www.idsa.org/whatis/seewhat/idea2001/winners/S8056.htm Here's a closeup of what they thought the box into which your dump your pictures was going to look like. http://www.imaging-resource.com/EVENTS/PMAS01/982172823.html Some example pictures taken with the silicon film. Sorry for the glut of links, but after hearing about this today I went looking for all the info I could find, and though some other might find it interesting.
