On 16 Dec 2004 at 16:00, Toralf Lund wrote: > I wouldn't bet on that, though. If there's one thing the development of > digital technology has taught us, it is that, well, it *develops*.
Again it comes back to economies, the relative cost of silicon per area remains a constant, sensors that use larger areas of wafer will be significantly more expensive to produce for quite some years yet. > >Unfortunately user changeable sensors isn't going to happen any day soon > >either. > > > > > No, I don't think so, either. Actually, it doesn't seem like much of > challenge from a technological view-point, but what's in it for the > camera producers? Much better for them to sell people a new camera every > time they want an upgraded sensor, of course. And the "film" companies > don't seem interested in anything like this, either; I think if I were > in charge "film" companies, I'd try to push *something* that might allow > me to sell equipment to consumers again. However, I guess it still could > make sense for one camera vendor to go in this direction at some point > in order to position themselves in the market. Try to relate what you are suggesting back to other popular high technologies, most are now striving to quell upgrade paths. It might seem easy to implement but it would impact on the profitability of camera makers so it's not likely to be embraced. Film makers no longer dictate to the market, they are now simply parallel players, they have little market significance at the capture end of the process. Think 4/3 Sensor consortium and just how blazingly successful it's been since the launch fanfare. Cheers, 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
