On 20 Oct 2003 at 17:19, graywolf wrote: > How have you been discussing for months the fact that sensor densities have not > gone up in the past year? Months ago all you could discuss is that they had not > gone up in the last few months which would prove nothing as the high-end cameras > are usually replaced annually and introduced in time for the Christmas market, > in fact I may be a month ahead of the market in bringing it up now. This is the > first sign I have seen that the digital camera market is (maybe) beginning to > stabilize. In the normal course of events I would have expected 6mp P&S out for > this Christmas, if not 8mp 2/3-frame DSLRs, I would actually have expected no > change in the full-frame cameras as they have little competition in the market.
Given the current technological constraints there would be little (if any) advantage apart from the marketing number game to increase pixel counts for P&S style cameras. And 2/3-frame DSLRs aren't far behind. New technologies such as the Foveon f3 offer the greatest potential for advancement. Looking back into the archives we have been speaking about 6Mp sensors generally on this list since at least October 2001. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
