On 15 Dec 2004 at 23:28, Toralf Lund wrote: > I guess you have a point. However, a CCD is a very specific piece of > equipment and "transistorized products" a vast field of products, so > your analogy isn't entirely valid. Also, I really don't think CCDs have > been changed much, although as someone else pointed out, production cost > and quality has improved a lot.
Well your comment "The CCD technology is some 30 years old.." was referring to the early days of the development CCDs, the first produced featured a staggering 64 mono pixels :-) The first actual in camera application was 1980. http://www.sony.net/Fun/SH/1-22/h1.html 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
