The development of electronic cameras, which store the image on a disc for later showing on computer or TV screens threaten the ordinary film and camera market.
Fuji has three developments in the pipeline. The first is a magnetic see-through overlay on colour film. The second is a method of showing colour negatives as positives on the TV or computer screen. And the third is much higher resolution film or faster film at the same resolution.
The first two will enable people to call a picture up on their computer screen an encode instructions to the photo shop for reprints, blow-up or cropping. The instructions will be encoded on the magnetic strip.
The computer viewing will enable all the advantages of electronic photography.
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