On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 12:21, Bruce Rubenstein wrote: > What is not being addressed here is that many of the shooters who are > currently buying DSLRs aren't looking for 30meg files. One of the features > that they like about the Kodak 14n is that it can be configured to only > produce 8meg (not compressed) files. Giant files, unless you really need > them, are just a PITA. > These are not computers and the point of diminishing return is being quickly > approached, in terms of performance, for 35mm type digital shooting. 3-6mp > DSLRs are still perfectly capable of generating income and that's why they > aren't "dirt cheap" yet. >
Good point, Another thing the computer industry has going for it is the ever increasing demands of application software. Sometimes I think that companies like microsoft add bloated features to their software just because the latest PCs can handle it, and then Intel/AMD have to develop faster CPUs and denser memory because people want to run 6 bloated applications simultaneously while downloaded more bloated applications from the internet and listening to MP3s. In photography, there's no increasing demand for performance. Once you get to X Megapixels for a 11x14, it's good enough. The only possibility for such a increase in demand is if really wide, high quality colour printers start to become popular and everyone wants to make giant prints. -Scott
