[filmscanners] RE: Next Cycle of Scanner Tech

["Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>]

> I don't know, but I suspect we are unlikely to see substantially improved
> scanners now. Unlike the previous 3-4 generations, I suspect we have now
> reached a point of diminishing returns, financially if not technically. It
> has become a mature market and film use is likely to only decline
> from now,
> so no scanner mfr. is going to throw money at R&D/innovation. Change will
> probably focus on usability and price, and marketing.

Hi Tony,

IMO, the next "step" in scanning will be one-shot (or three shot ;-)
scanners.  They will take a "complete" image, instead of scanning, in well
under one second.  Whether one would call this a scanner, or simply a "film
imager"...

Regards,

Austin

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