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filmless, a.
Brit. |ˈfɪlmlɪs|, U.S. |ˈfɪlmlɪs|
[‹ film n. + -less suffix.]
Designating or relating to imaging methods and equipment that do not use photographic film, esp. those that capture and store images digitally. Also: designating an environment in which imaging methods which do not employ film are used exclusively.
1903N.Y. Times Mag. 15 Feb. 2/2 He..commented on the remarkable fact that the picture had been transmitted to New York by film-less photography. 1964Proc. Informal Meeting on Film-less Spark Chamber Techniques (CERN 64-30) 362 The major cost of these systems is in the electronic equipment for recording and storing the digitized information, also required for other ‘film-less’ methods. 1982Proc. SPIE (Internat. Soc. Optical Engin.) 3189 (title) Filmless picture archiving and communication in diagnostic radiology. 1985Sci. Amer. Nov. j3/2 (advt.) Then there's our ‘filmless’ color still camera. Images are turned into electronic signals. Stored on a 1.85{pp} floppy disc. Played back on a TV monitor. And retrieved as hard copies through a color printer. 1994Australian (Brisbane) 19 Apr. 43/2 Hammersmith hospital in west London is poised to become the world's first filmless hospital..when X-ray films will no longer be held against light boxes for a doctor's diagnosis. 2002Edmonton Jrnl. (Nexis) 21 May a1 Star Wars: Episode II–Attack of the Clones is the first major filmless Hollywood film. The first to be shot, edited and, if you're lucky enough to see it in the right theatre, projected with digital technology. |