--- Willem-Jan Markerink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (mark my words: once the digital hype is over, and > we finally have > full-size chips for a decent price, the only > improvements left will > be speed (ASA) and luxury features/models like a > pellicle > mirror....too bad there is nothing to invent after > that, Hee, hee. Reminds of a comment the head of the U.S. Patent office made around the turn of the century (102 years ago). He suggested that Congress should shut down the patent office, because everything worth inventing had already been invented. When my father bought his Zeiss Contaflex back in 1955, few could have forseen things like Program AE, AF, IS, ECF, etc. 50 years from now, cameras will be doing things we haven't yet imagined (auto subject selection based on reading our brain waves, anyone?). ===== Bob Meyer I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger... http://www.meyerweb.net/epson __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
