On 16 Dec 2004 at 14:44, Toralf Lund wrote: > No, I don't think so either. Or, it would at least have to some kind of > setup where the same camera could use B&W *and* colour sensors. But I > guess the situation might be somewhat different in a few years' time > when (I'm assuming) the price of a DSLR has dropped to a fraction of > what it is today.
The fractional price of a DSLR is never going to be at the same level as an entry level film SLR, there is just too much low volume tech in there. I doubt P&S digicams will ever rise above the sensors sizes their designer have come to adopt with vigour so APS sensors will remain relative niche products. Unfortunately user changeable sensors isn't going to happen any day soon either. > OTOH, *maybe* there could be niche markets that would justify the > development of such a camera, at least if it may be done at a low cost > via updates of existing models, even though the demand wouldn't be very > high. I've been wondering why for instance the press doesn't want B&W > cameras (or maybe they really do?). But perhaps the newspaper prints > have such low quality anyway that using somewhat sub-optimal image data > doesn't make a difference, and of course, you do see an increasing > amount of colour photos in the papers... I expect demand for a dedicated B&W digicam would be low indeed, all our papers including the local (two editions per week) are full colour and have been for many years now. 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
