--- 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?).



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Bob Meyer
I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger...

http://www.meyerweb.net/epson

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