Alexis Gerard, publisher of Future Image Report (www.futureimage.com), implied essentially the same thing last night during a live chat on PhotoHighway--that he won't believe the hype about the digital film insert until he has a working one in his hands.(posted 8849 days ago)When I wrote the column I based my information on feedback from a source I trusted who had attended PMA and who is just as skeptical as everyone here about this particular product. When he said it looked like this thing was finally close to coming to market, I believed him and am still hopeful that he's right. But I also believe Alexis is about as reliable a source as there is when it comes to digital imaging, so I defer to his expertise until we are hopefully both proven wrong.
-M
BTW: he also confirmed that a "dry minilab" that processes film without chemicals and creates a hi-res digital file is very close to being introduced to the marketplace. I'm not sure the process does to the film, though.
Just a thought--will dry minilabs be to photoprocessing what dry cleaners are to washing machines? :-)