TABLE OF CONTENTS LISTING, THE FUTURE IMAGE REPORT VOLUME 4
Volume 4 Issue 1 - May/June 96
1. FlashPix Changes The Picture The image file format formerly known as NIFty aims to be the foundation for imaging in the digital age, and it has the heavyweight backing to succeed. By Alexis Gerard
2. FlashPix - The Technology Under the hood, it's state-of-the art technology like tiled image file formats and structured storage. It's also extensible and adaptable. By Fred Shippey
4. FlashPix - The Industry View Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Live Picture each have agendas. Who's going to build what businesses on this technical foundation? By Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Camera News Kodak goes after the consumer market. Is Yashica's DA-1 digital? A preview of Apple's Image Capture Platform. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Cameras Monitor < $5,000 Updated to May 30, with several new categories: Image depth, SRP vs. Street pricing, internal and external storage capacities.
8. Digital Cameras Monitor < $5,000 As above.
10. Selling Digital Imaging Products through the Channel Stephen Aranoff's three-part series concludes.
Volume 4 Issue 2 - July 96
1. Bob Caspe Strikes Again - Part 2 Sound Vision's plans to deliver breakthrough price/performance through CMOS sensor technology; building better photographic products for consumers, strategic alliances.
4. Digital Camera News MegaVision introduces its first one-shot product. PhaseOne improves the Studiokit. Newcomer Pixera introduces breakthrough price/performance. Pioneer Logitech exits the market. Three new products from Japan. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard
4. Digital Cameras Monitor < $5,000 Updated to June 28, with several new categories: Image depth, SRP vs. Street pricing, internal and external storage capacities.
6. Digital Cameras Monitor > $5,000 As above.
8. Interview: Adriaan Ligtenberg In this first installment the founder of Storm-Primax discusses the "bootstrapping" of the imaging market, and the emergence of the JPEG standard. By Alexis Gerard
10. Outlook: Color Management Today Our three-part series begins with a discussion of the current technical foundation for Color Management. By Thad McIlroy and Bruce Fraser.
Volume 4 Issue 3 - August 96
1. Interview: Adriaan Ligtenberg -Part 2 The founder of Storm Primax discusses lessons learned from his first consumer ventures Kids Studio, the development and marketing of EasyPhoto, the competitive landscape in consumer imaging, and his visions for the short and longer term future. By Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Camera News Apple's Image Capture Platform initiative proposes microprocessor-based digital cameras running an OS which Apple will license. How does it work, what are the benefits for the various constituencies involved, and what are its chances? By Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of July 30.
8. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of July 30.
10. Snapshots Kodak fine-tunes Photo CD as a prepress tool, and enables it for the Web.Fetch goes once again to a new publisher. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard
11. At Large Noted consultant and author John Larish kicks off a series of editorials commenting on technologies from outside the imaging industry which impact its future.
Volume 4 Issue 4 - September 96
1. MacWorld Boston August '96 -Part 1 Apple and Clones raise the performance ante with multiprocessing, plain paper photo-quality printing is here, and the competition heats up in entry-level flatbed scanners. By Fred Shippey
4. Digital Camera News It's not even Photokina yet, and we have eight new models to report on from Casio, Kodak, Nikon, Olympus and Sony, plus an update from Japan on Fuji's DS-7. By Alexis Gerard
4. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of August 30.
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of August 30.
8. SIGGRAPH '96 Guest Editor At Large John Larish wades through the digital bayou and extracts insights about the future of imaging.
9. Snapshots The new focus for consumer imaging software is exchanging pictures over the Web. A sneak preview of PictureWorks unannounced entry. By Alexis Gerard
10. Color Management Today -Part 2 Our series on the state of color management continues, with an in-depth look at solutions on the market today. By Bruce Fraser and Thad McIlroy
Volume 4 Issue 5 -October 96
1. Photokina Report The APS format scores early successes, and its linkage to digital starts to take shape. Ilford drives digital output quality. By Alexis Gerard
4. Digital Camera News Product introductions at Seybold and Photokina including MegaVision, Dicomed, Sinar, PhaseOne at the high end, Agfa, Kodak and Ricoh at the low end. By Alexis Gerard, Fred Shippey, Russ Sparkman
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of October 7.
8. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of October 7.
11. Seybold SF FlashPix explodes on the scene with consumer applications and Internet solutions. Kodak drives PhotoDC and KCMS for professionals. A new photorealistic printing alternative from Alps, Live Picture goes after market share. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard.
15. MacWorld Boston Pt. 2 An update on the FireWire bus, Optical image storage technology makes a comebback, Connectix enters the low-end imaging software fray. By Fred Shippey.
Volume 4 Issue 6 - November 96
1. Photo Processing in Cyberspace The first installment in our series on the future of photofinishing looks at the key players in consumer delivery of digitized images, including detailed examinations of Seattle Film Works and Floppy Shots software. By Don Franz
4. Digital Camera News Prototypes of digital cameras from Photokina: Konica, Minolta, Pentax and Samsung at the entry level, Leica at the high end. Also Epson's new PhotoPC 500, and introductions at the JEC. By Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of November 1.
8. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of November 1.
9. Innovation in Digital Output At Large Editor John Larish reports on innovations in silver-based printing of digital images.
10. Snapshots Altamira Composer is back, but it's from Microsoft, it's stronger, and it's aimed at Web designers. By Alexis Gerard
11. Channel Issues Our series on developing sales channels concludes with an examination of the role of the Web. By Stephen Aranoff
Volume 4 Issue 7 - December 96
1. A Conversation with Don Strickland - Part 1 This first installment of an extensive review of key issues in the imaging industry focuses on Strickland's view of the entry-level digital camera market. By Alexis Gerard
4. Digital Camera News Leaf shows and enhanced DCB II at Viscomm. New cameras shown in Japan by Sharp and Panasonic. Casio's new QV 300, and Hitachi's prototype motion/still camera shown at Comdex. Developments in the removable storage wars from SanDisk and Iomega. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard
4. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of December 2.
5. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of December 2.
9. Snapshots Impressions on Viscomm East, and an update on Digimarc's image watermarking technology. By Fred Shippey
10. Tech Report - Next Generation Buses for Imaging Three new bus designs promise to eliminate current bottlenecks, but they may not coexist peacefully. By Fred Shippey
Volume 4 Issue 8 -January/February 97
1. A Conversation with Don Strickland - Part 2 This second installment focuses on the strategic issues faced by Kodak and Apple. By Alexis Gerard
4. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Now includes platform support, and type of lens. Updated as of February 4.
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Now includes platform support, and type of lens. Updated as of February 4.
8. Digital Camera News Chinon USA closes. Apple spins off FlashPoint. SoundVision update. New Products: Toshiba, Casio, Panasonic, Konica, Canon. By Alexis Gerard
9. Snapshots MacWorld update on imaging. Intel's MMX architecture. News of QuickTime VR. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard
10. Tech Report - Color Management Today - Part 3 Our series concludes with an assessment of the future. By Thad McIlroy and Bruce Fraser
12. Interview - Robert Unterberger - Part 1 Kodak's D&AI boss discusses "the vision thing". By Alexis Gerard
14. Outlook - Photo Processing Ventures Into Cyberspace - Part 2 Web-based services from SFW and PictureVision, with details on Wolf's operation. By Don Franz
Volume 4 Issue 9 -March 97
1. PMA '97 Digital Imaging is now "business as usual", but fow how long?. By Alexis Gerard
4. PMA '97 Kodak, Pictra and Fuji bring different approaches to Digital Photofinishing. New products and processes from Kodak, Ilford, Argus. By R. David Etchells, Fred Shippey
5. Snapshots APCDI smiles at Kodak's announcements. Leaks about HP's digital photo system. Panoramic "stitchers" heat up. By Fred Shippey and Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of March 7.
8. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of March 7.
10. Digital Cameras News Hot new units from Sony (DKC-ST5) and Fuji (DS-300).Vivitar OEMs SoundVision's CMOS camera. Apple QuickTake 200. Kodak DVC 300 preview. Updates on Phase One, Polaroid, Canon, Konica, Minolta, Samsung. By R. David Etchells, Alexis Gerard, Fred Shippey
14. A Conversation with Don Strickland - Part 3 Will digital cameras evolve into DVA's? How Apple gained the imaging market, then lost it. By Alexis Gerard
Volume 4 Issue 10 -April 97
1. A Conversation with Don Strickland - Part 4 The concluding installment of our extensive review of key issues in the imaging industry focuses on PictureWorks strategy, channel issues, and the APS format. By Alexis Gerard
5. Digital Camera News Kodak's new DC 120 is the most important digital camera since Casio's QV 10. By Alexis Gerard
6. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing under $5,000 Listing updated as of April 8
8. Digital Cameras Monitor, units costing over $5,000 Listing updated as of April 8
10. A Conversation with Robert Unterberger -Part 2 Kodak's head of D&AI discusses how Kodak intends to win with a digital version of "You take the pictures we do the rest". By Alexis Gerard
12. Photo Printers: Can Inkjet be Challenged? Now that true photo-quality printing is here for under $500, can competitors take a piece of the action away from the 'inkjet oligopoly'? By Thomas Yeh and Larry Simpson
14. Snapshots An evaluation of HP's PhotoSmart system, SSFDC Adapter update. By Alexis Gerard, Fred Shippey and R.D. Etchells
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