"Frits J. Wüthrich" wrote:
>
> Ouch! Better order it in New York I guess.
>
> If the digital version really takes off at $7000, I wonder:
> Assuming the difference is the electronics making this so much more
> expensive then the MZ-S, and realising how much electronics plummets in
> price over time, I wonder if it would take something like 2 years till it
> reaches the price level of the MZ-S?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Frits
Most of the price difference will be that full-frame sensor; the other
electronics won't be significant (and, of course, there are the price
savings by eliminating any mechanical components; film transport,
shutter, etc.).
I very much doubt if 24x36 silicon sensors will come down to $500 in
a couple of years.
The price/performance curve in the electronics industry is at least
partially driven by the fact that the next generation chip with the
same functionality is smaller, and thus faster (and cheaper). The
cost of equal-area chips (like an image sensor of a specified size)
doesn't drop anywhere near as fast.
The regular component treadmill will increase the number of bits
per pixel, the pixel density, and the readout speed. But the cost
of the sensor will still be pretty high.
The quickest and easiest way to reduce the cost is to go with a
smaller sensor (like those in the Nikon D1 series and the Canon D30).
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