What I really want to know is: How many cavities? <g> -frank
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Yes, I did!. It was a small thing, about the size of a frame of 35mm film, > but 1/8th of an inch thick. It had a wire running out the back to a PCMCIA > card that plugged into a computer. They took pictures and I saw the results > in 4 seconds. Not bad! > > Unfortunately, I was at the Dentist's office. Yes, he had bought a device > that replaced those little films he used for x-rays of teeth. It is a > perfect application for digital film as it doesn't require a camera, just an > x-ray machine. It works just like the real film, but there is no more > developing. 4 seconds later, they have an image on the computer screen. No > more looking at tiny negatives of teeth, you can bump these pictures up to > full screen size and the resolution looked good. > > I don't think this system was inexpensive. Each room of the Dentist's office > has a chair, drills, and an x-ray machine, but the dental technician who took > the pictures moved the film from room to room as they seem to have only one > unit. > > Seeing this gives me lots of hope for digital backs for my old 35mm Pentax > gear... maybe not next year, but sometime in the future. I'm using 20 year > old cameras. I can wait. > > Regards, Bob S. -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
