RPS Imaging Science Group

Just got my latest IS&T Reporter. It contains a review of the last Color Imaging Conference – see http://www.imaging.org/ist/publications/reporter/index.cfm . There are some really good papers here so give them a look.

Next year the meeting is in San Antonio. Nice city so I may make it next year!

Just had notification of the publication of the new ISO 5 series of density measurement standards . These have been published as 4 documents under the ISO 5 banner.

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I have been following progress with the European Optical Society (EOS) 5th Topical Meeting on Advanced Imaging Techniques (AIT 2010). See http://www.myeos.org/events/ait2010 for details.  The topic list looks interesting (partial polarisation / coherence, information theory) so this could be worth a visit. Switzerland at the end of June looks a good option too!

I hope that the RPS will be a supporting organisation for this meeting too.

The IS&T has opened their Call for Papers for the next Colour Imaging Conference – see www.imaging.org/IST/conferences/cic/index.cfm.  This is the annual technical gathering for scientists, technologists, and engineers working in the areas of colour science and systems, and their application to colour imaging.

I keep meaning to make it over for this meeting. Maybe this year!

Just got my printed version of the latest edition of the RPS Imaging Science Journal. For the first time you can get a lot of the content on line – http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/isj .

A lot of the content is pay per view but the editorial is free under http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/isj/2010/00000058/00000001/art00001 . This gives some background to the Journal.

There is some neat stuff this month!

Just found an interesting journal on infrared physics & technology – see http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/525439/description#description . According to the description it convers “theory, experiment, devices and instrumentation”. Looks interesting!

IS&T Archiving 2010

The IS&T Archiving conference is in Europe this June. The Preliminary Program is now available – see http://www.imaging.org/IST/conferences/archiving/.
Looks like a good meeting. I hope to be there for at least a part of the meeting as I am particularly interested in the stuff about microfilm. Hope to see you there!

Dot images

Browsing through my old files and found this image of inkjet dots from my work published at early IS&T Archiving conferences. This years meeting looks to continue to be interesting – see http://www.imaging.org/ist/conferences/archiving/index.cfm . Hope to see you there!

The IS&T has just made the CGIV 2010 Preliminary Program available at www.imaging.org/IST/conferences/cgiv/. The RPS is listed as a co-operating society for this meeting and if you are into colour science this is one for you.
I keep meaning to attend CGIV but something always gets in the way. Maybe this year!

Focus on Imaging is primarily a photographic exhibition but has grown to be Europe’s largest annual imaging show. As such it covers not just their traditional camera market but printed output too. As such it has seen a growing inkjet and thermal transfer presence over the years. It is also a growing “gossip shop” where the conversations are of equal importance to the exhibits, as proved the case this year.
As usual there was a large RPS presence and the stand seemed to be very busy. It was situated right next to the HP display where they were featuring their Z series wide format photo printers. With a 12 ink inkset the results are stunning, particularly the Chromatic red. Unusual to see a graphics inkjet without a full strength cyan however!
The balance is changing at this show. I spent the entire day looking at inkjet printers and media and never touched a camera once!