I predict that CF and SD are here to stay - both of them. Cpacities will go up, and up, and up... But the size is not prohibitive and there is no real other reason to change the form significantly.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tom C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 12 May 2004 19:24 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Pentax High End DSLR > > > There's no way I could justify one at a price MUCH higher > than the *istD. I > think I would rather invest in a medium format film system first. > > I don't want to drown in wave after wave of digital camera > upgrades/new > products like many of us are forced to do with computer > hardware/software. > I definitely can't justify a new camera every year, or even > every other > year. > > I think the price of compact flash is relatively minor (if > you don't have $1 > then $1 looks like a lot though) because it's reusable. The > question is, > what if compact flash goes out of vogue two years from now? > Then everyone > will be stuck with an old 'legacy' digital camera if they want to use > compact flash. I bet memory form factor changes as well, and > then to buy a > new digital SLR one will need new memory also. > > Tom C. > > > > From: jtainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Pentax High End DSLR > Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 11:29:42 -0600 (GMT-06:00) > > I once wanted one, preferably full frame. Now that one may > appear that has > higher resolution than the *ist D, I find that I have > reservations. The > primary reason is that higher resolution will fill up a cf > card faster. When > I travel, I am already constrained by storage capacity. On my > recent trip to > California I took 3 gb -- enough for 212 raw images. (I shoot > only in raw, > so I hope no one responds about how many jpeg images fit on a > card). I came > home with space for only 20 images. I shot 192 images in one > full day and > two afternoons. > > Until the price of compact flash comes down, I am not certain > that I would > try to acquire a higher resolution dSLR, even if I could > afford one. As we > all know, the camera itself is only the beginning of the cost. > > Joe > > >
