Re: Might be the end of the line for Agfa Photo...

I read a few years ago about some sulfur compounds used for emulsion
production, which would lower number of photons required for latent
image formation - from three to two. Otherwise, nothing.




On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:30:52 GMT, David Nebenzahl
<nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>dan.c.quinn@xxxxxxx wrote:
>> RE;chrisplatt@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> Fuji or Ilford might be interested in some of the patents,
>>
>> What of the patents Agfa acquired which allow for
>> a ten fold increase in film speed? Do you know anything
>> of work being done to bring those films to market?
>> Why is the industry being so hush-hush? Dan
>
>Hmm; that sounds suspiciously to me like the patents on products you
>used to see in the back of _Popular Mechanics_ and such, guaranteeing
>you twice the gas mileage or more with some gizmo that injected water
>into the fuel mixture.
>
>If they had something that "allow[ed] for a ten fold increase in film
>speed", why didn't they sell it?

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