Mark, So will I. Please pass along RIT(?) gleanings as possible. Jack
--- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think I need to clarify some of this.: > > >When I was in Rochester last weekend I checked in > with my friends who > >work at Kodak. The ones who work in the division > that makes imaging > >chips seemed fairly optimistic but everyone else > was absolutely gloomy. > > First thing I did last Saturday was get up to go > running with my old > marathon training buddies. This is a large group > that started (25 years > ago) at Kodak and Kodak employees still make up a > large percentage of > the group. (Ex-Kodak employees are present in > significant numbers, too.) > A couple of my friends work in the imaging sensor > division, the rest are > scattered throughout the company. One just retired > after spending his > whole career in Kodak's HR department. He seemed > very relieved to be out > of Kodak. The CCD guys were very excited about the > 18 megapixel chip > that's going into the Pentax 645 Digital, but let's > face it, this isn't > going to sell in very big numbers no matter how nice > it is. > > >I know a chemist who works on inkjet papers and > related stuff and he > >didn't seem optimistic about the way things were > going at all. > > I met my chemist friend later in the day. (He's > working part-time at > shop that sells running shoes & stuff - I don't > think he's desperate for > money, but he likes hanging out with and helping > other runners.) He used > to do research on color negative film, but that > group was disbanded a > few years ago. I get the impression there isn't > much, if any, research > being done on color neg film these days. > > I'm going back up to Rochester in October. I'm going > to try to meet with > some people at RIT. It'll be interesting to hear > their point of view on > things. > > > -- > Mark Roberts > Photography and writing > www.robertstech.com > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
