On 23 Jul 2004 at 23:03, Butch Black wrote: > When Canon started dabbling with CMOS chips, they were considered inferior > to CCD's in image quality but less expensive to manufacture. What Canon did > right, IMHO, was to continue to develop the CMOS chip. That they are the only > camera company making their own chip was a good business decision where they > wanted to separate themselves from the other DSLR manufacturers.
I venture to guess that it was their involvement in the copier business that fuelled their interest in CMOS technology also, as copiers/scanners and cameras are effectively parallel products. 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
