On 21 Jan 2003 at 9:31, Thomas Bantel wrote:
> Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:
>
> > Quite sad, since even the cheapest cellular phone outranks any
> > camera on the market in night-time ergonomy, with illuminated
> > buttons. The 1v is hence still far from perfect (don't like the
> > data-imprint concept either, it should be along each frame), and
> > hence analog photographers (there is no digi-equivalent of infrared,
> > both b/w & color) will be left in the dark forever, if there won't
> > be a next analog EOS....
>
>
> Yes, really a sad thing. Although, not all is lost. Even if there will
> never be a next analog (pro) EOS, there are still plenty of the
> current models around and will probably be available quite cheap
> (relatively) in some years. As for the room for improvement, I
> absolutely agree.
The sad thing is that something like illuminated buttons is
technically a too major upgrade to just shove it along as an inside-
upgrade over time (as an hardware-equivalent of software-upgrades).
> And about the infrared, why do you think there is no
> digi-equivalent? Well, maybe there isn't one now, but wouldn't it be
> possible to create one? I think, CCDs are quite sensitive to infrared,
> even more so than for the visible spectrum.
Kodak HIE is more than just technically infrared....not to mention
EIR color (there are PhotoShop work-arounds available, but those are
far from easy & straightforward).
> Therefor, a digital
> infrared camera should be quite doable. And with a little
> experimenting in Photoshop, one could even come close to color IR.
> What am I missing here? Is it just that you don't believe they will
> offer digitals that are capable of doing infrared? Just curious.
Not the artsy approach of infrared.
Nor will any digicam in general come even close to the magic that a
projected slide can offer....and that way of viewing with digi-
projectors won't be available in the same quality/cost for the next 5-
10 years either....
Btw, only the very first Canon/Kodak digicam came in an optional IR-
version....none of the later ones did.
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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