RE: Demise of film - off topic

My three cents.
        I used to read Science News in the 70s when CCDs were first used in
astronomy. It was made clear at that time that the technology became
available to the scientific (astronomy) community and later the public as a
result of declassification by the CIA and others in the alphabet soup who
had developed it many years earlier. If you are hearing about it, the
defense/intelligence community no longer needs it because they have
developed something faster, smaller, more sensitive, sharper, etc., etc.
Let your imagination run to what THEY are using!!!
                        CHEERS!
                                BOB

 Please check my website: http://www.bobkiss.com/

-----Original Message-----
From: gws1@columbia.edu [mailto:gws1@columbia.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:28 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Demise of film - off topic

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, SteveS wrote:

> Albiet, the same for the advance of electronic [digital] photography,
which
> is not from military research but medical. Chemical advancements have to
do
> with drug research and both come together in the desire to prolong life
and
> relieve human suffering.

Simply not true. Most of the money spent for digital chip development and
software came from DOE and DOD; not from the AMA, NSF, CDC or any
corporations that happen to own hospitals. Kodak BTW was/is a big player.

--greg
Received on Tue Aug 9 08:50:44 2005