until there is a fundamental change in chip fabrication, nothing is going to
change yield more than a few percent. i think that if anything happens, it
will be 20 years out before we see its effects.

Herb....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. C. O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 9:26 PM
Subject: RE: Small-sensor DSLR probably not a stop-gap


> But the advantages of FF are such that at some point
> the ABSOLUTE difference in price between FF and APS could make the APS
> only a budget type sensor that very few would want
> if the absolute savings werent much. After that,
> the APS could disappear completely. The only reason
> APS exists at all is current ABSOLUTE cost issues, not
> long term relative cost issues.


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