It was not all that long ago that cameras yielding 640 x 480 @72dpi cost
$1500+ and really did not print all that well. I do not dispute that
today one can buy a very good camera for under $1000 that will print
superb 8 x 10s (or smaller) as I use them professionally quite often.
Costs will drop as time goes on, barring some bizarre turn of events.
What is significant is the fact that now the advantages of digital with
the quality of film are available to the prosumer. The implications are
staggering (weellllll, they are if you let them).
Jerry
On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 08:00 PM, Ward Oldham wrote:
> Hi Jerry,
>
> Only my opinion, but I believe that day arrived some time ago. While
> the
> news of these product releases would make many froth at the mouth, I
> would
> be careful not to convey the impression that one would have to purchase
> one
> of these little $4000-$12000 gems to produce photo quality equal to
> conventional photography. There are many cameras under $1000 that can
> produce outstanding quality, just maybe not at the size of your local
> billboard!
>
> Ward Oldham
>
>
> on 9/24/2002 7:01 PM, Jerry Yeager at jerry at browseryshop.com wrote:
>
>> Canon and Kodak (and just about everyone else) today announced their
>> new
>> higher end digital cameras.
>>
>> Canon is turning out a 11MP camera while Kodak is releasing a 14MP one.
>> It seems so far that Canon's has the most bell's and whistles attached
>> while Kodak's costs 1/2 as much.
>>
>> But what this means though is that the day has arrived when digital
>> cameras can give better results than a 35mm (these are about 10MP).
>>
>> Hmmm,
>>
>> Jerry
>>
>>
>> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September
>> 24
>> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
>> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>>
>>
>
>
> The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24
> For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
> activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
>
>
The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will be September 24
For more information, see <http://www.aye.net/~lcs>. A calendar of
activities is at <http://www.calsnet.net/macusers>.
