Film will always be with us even if it only stays as an antique art form. I've "invented" a 3 D television system that is not "stereo" but instead uses an array of lenses over a flat screen and could be used 2 way. Photographs can be made with the same system (a computer has to be used in between the camera output and the print but both the camera and print do not need any focussing, the apature is different and cannot be controlled. The lens array is placed over a film and then the individual images have to be reflected about the axial point to make the print with a similar lens array over the images. The effect is of a 3 - d image. The camera has to quite large but thin. About 3 feet by 2 feet and the print scalable. I have not made one this time round, but we made them back in the 70's and the image looked like model. The technology was not there then but these days it can be used with a tft flat screen tv. Have you seen the little film show battery operated displays? I really like those for holiday snaps that you load into a flash card. Chris (from hospital).
