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Word: konica (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...film requires no threading, the cameras can be very compact. They take pictures in three sizes and replace negatives with a single contact sheet that displays thumbnail images of an entire roll at a glance. So I decided to put three brand-new models from Canon, Konica and Minolta to the test. My bar: they had to be sleek and light and come with a 2X zoom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flawed Gems | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

That left the winter-green Konica Revio as my favorite, until I noticed that you can't operate the self-timer with any special settings like red-eye reduction, landscape mode or night view. Instead you have to buy a $25 remote control (also available for the Elph and Vectis) to do the trick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flawed Gems | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

...spectacular as they looked. And when I tried to get my film developed, finding same-day APS processing on a Sunday was a pain. Estimates ranged from overnight to three days, until I located a shop (Fromex) on Manhattan's Upper East Side. As for the prints, the Konica did better on close-ups, but overall it was a toss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flawed Gems | 7/26/1999 | See Source »

Eastman Kodak is betting that Photo CDs will eventually become as familiar to photographers around the world as its bright yellow boxes of film. It has succeeded in persuading such competitors as Fuji, Agfa and Konica to agree to one standard for the discs, although Kodak is first to offer the product. What the company envisions is a future in which devices that play Photo CDs -- which also double as music CD players -- have become standard equipment in home entertainment centers, alongside the stereo, the TV and the VCR. Kodak pictures families gathered in living rooms to see photos displayed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can You Picture This? | 8/24/1992 | See Source »

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