Re: FW: Scott McGrail
Not only was he dating a Marcie, but he married her as I recall :)
I think Glenn Kennel might remember the details of those photo shoots.
John
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> This is almost true. Her name is not marcie, from my recollection.
>
> She was named marcie by Dave Snider (who was dating a marcie at the time).
>
> I have seen her in local Rochester TV commercials from time to time
> (when I used to live there).
>
> Mike
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> Tom is not on this email list but he said it's OK as long as you don't use
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> On 8/14/07, paddy eason < paddyeason@...
> <mailto:paddyeason@...> > wrote:
>
> Tom - that's fascinating, and I'm pleased to say, still slightly
> mysterious. I'd be mildly disappointed if you'd said - oh yeah, she's
> Marci Smith and here's her email address.
>
> May I post your reply for the Facebook group?
>
> P.
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>
>
> I talked with Tom Meier, an old time Image Scientist in E.I. about this.
> Here is his reply:
>
> Here is what I know about Marci. Although I have been at Kodak for 36
> years, I have only been in EI 10 years. So I have to go by what others
> have told me and how I remember what I was told when I asked similar
> questions. Here is the Marci story.
>
> When Kodak first tests new films, they need the correct lighting and
> they are not always too critical about the actors - a large number of us
> regular employees have been actors or actresses in these preliminary
> film tests. I do not know what film was being developed, but it was a
> motion picture film and it must have been a daylight film. So to test
> it, they went to Florida. One of the people who went took his family. So
> here they are in Florida shooting tests with this new film. Someone got
> the idea to shoot some pictures with this fellow's daughter, whose name
> was Marci, as the main subject. As I heard the story, she is a middle
> teenager at this time. I do not know her last name or her father's name.
> After they came back to Rochester the film was processed and it was used
> for whatever purposes the test shoot was set up for. At some later date,
> for testing and calibrating film scanning, people were looking around
> for some images that might be good to use. Somehow the image that was of
> this young lady was chosen. The gray patch and the other color patches
> were added so as to make a suitable calibration frame. As I understand
> it, at one time there were film frames that people could use to scan and
> record. But then later it was decided to make a digital version of the
> frame, what we now call the "Digital Marci".
>
> What about Marci herself? As I said, I do not know her last name, but I
> heard that she is still living in the Rochester area. I heard she is a
> school teacher, but have no idea in which school district or if she is
> even in Monroe county or one of the neighboring counties.
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Tom
>
> paddy eason wrote:
> > Hi Cineon survivors' list.
> >
> > Forgive me for sending this out, but I have something I need to ask of
> > any old Kodakers, and this is as good a place as any...
> >
> > Someone I know asked about the legendary Marcie, of "Kodak Digital LAD
> > Test Image" fame. Who is she, and where is she now? What's the story?
> >
> > There is even a Facebook group dedicated to the quest for info, with
> 45
> > members and growing.
> >
> > (And no, I haven't developed a scary obsession with her and become the
> > first Marcie stalker.)
> >
> > Paddy
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