Agreed but the power consumption also increased by several times. That's why we need the bigger fans. :) Battery technology, in general, does not improve as the same rate as the chip technology (actually a lot slower). That's why power management is a main issue for portable devices like digital cameras.
Personally, I think Canon will be wise to adopt a full-screen CCD as this gives them an edge over the rivals who still using smaller CCD's. Althought there are technological difficulties (mainly yield I believe), the benefits are quite obvious. I would be the first to buy one if there is one in the D10 range. I still want to use wide angle lenses. :) Just my 2 cents view, Gary > > Every technology has its own set of obstacles to > overcome for increased performance. Some of the > previous comments had to do with the noise level > current sensors and the optical precision of the > lenses needed to provide a good image on a small > sensor. If there is a market, the technology will > follow. In 1990, a 486 processor had (I believe) just > under one million transistors and ran at 66mhz. > Twelve years later with the P-4, we are at 20-30 > million transistors at speeds of 3+ ghz on almost the > same size die. > John > > * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
