--- Ray Amos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I feel like the same thing will happen to digital > cameras. Every time > there's a new chip that will do something a little > better or faster, > some mfg. will stick it into a waiting body and all > other mfgs. will > have to catch up. I could go on but you get my > gist. Well, I am not so sure about that. It seems that for low-end consumer market many manufacturers have no plans to go over 3 megapixels at that time. They prefere to add more features then increasing the pixel number. Why? Because most people just want 4x6 prints and 3 MPixel is enough for that. When they actually want some bigger enlargments they usualy do not have the high requirements that more serious or professional photographers have. They go more 'wow' about the big print from their son/daugther then about incredible details. What about photographers who want higher quality, higher resolution, etc. For some time the cameras will get to the same point where we are for cheap consumer cameras now. But for now they will have to bite the bullet and always upgrade to the best that comes out. D30/D2000->D1v->... Or for the next few years they can just shoot slides and scan them. This is about the only market where I don't see digital cameras that much yet. With all these discussions we should not forget that digital cameras and 'analog' cameras most often have different applications. Look at MF. Just because many people use scanbacks for their MF cameras did not make the 'analog' MF cameras disapear and will not for a long time. The same is true for 35mm. So to whom would I suggest to buy a D30 or the coming(?) D1v? Not to pros where quality and resolution is the biggest concern but to techies with too much money, to PJs, maybe sport photographers, the D1v maybe for some portrait work, for insurance companies, real estate companies, etc. For these people digital is better and offers already good enough quality without having to upgrade all the time. All others probably should stick with 'analog'. At least for the next few years... Robert __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! http://calendar.yahoo.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
