Well, eventually, they will reach a point where the pixel size will be noise limited. Then the only way to improve a sensor will be to make it bigger, and once again you will have various formats just as you do in film. Right now the technology is so new that things are changing as fast as they can get them out the door.
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: Re: Mike Johnson's Sunday > In a message dated 1/20/2003 1:46:53 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I believe that there is an optimal size of an image sensor which a balance > > must be strike between the resolution, greater choice of DOF, optimal design > > for both wide-angle and telephoto lenses, and the compactness of camera > > body. Eventually, digital camera will evolve into an optimal design, like > > film sizes in traditional film camera. > > > >[snip} > > > > Regards, > > > > Henry Chu > > 20/1/2003 > > I tend to agree with you and it was what I was trying to say the other day, but I did not express very well. > > There is bound to be a point that one type of sensor is optimized, has the most information that it can gather with the least noise. And there is bound to be a point where one sensor is the optimal size and functionality for a particular camera. And if it's resolution is as good as film or even slightly better than film, that is a likely stopping place for most camera producing companies. > > OTOH, I am not positive an industry-wide standard will evolve or whether each camera brand that remains standing in the digital age will have its own standard. Maybe that's not likely to happen because 35mm is now an industry standard and camera companies seem more oriented to the needs of photography and photographers than to the concerns of digital-lastest-bells-and-whistles computer geek types. So it seems the camera industry will probably follow its own path rather than emulating a computer path of competing "brands" and standards like Macs and PCs and Windows and Linux. We shall see. > > If nothing else there are bound to be plateaus of technological development when optimized sensors are reached for a while. Maybe for a few years, 4-6, maybe longer. Personally, I also think at some point the amount of information a sensor can gather could exceed what one would need or what would even make a good photograph, so that's another reason that an industry-wide standard could evolve. > > It will certainly be interesting to watch and to see what emerges. I am certainly interested in watching. > > Doe aka Marnie ;-) >
