On 8 Mar 2005 at 16:02, P�l Jensen wrote: > There is no limit for image quality. It never was for film and it certainly > won't be for digital. Theres less hassle involved by going larger in digital > than it is for film. Still, some use large format in spite of the tremendous > hassle factor involved.
I'll make a prediction and say that MF digital formats will not prove to be viable to manufacture in the near future, particularly when full frame 35mm imaging sensors peak at 20-25MP. There just simply won't be a sufficiently large market in +35mm formats to justify spending cash there, we might end up with one or two low volume high cost specialist vendors in the market but no more. If Pentax tries to shimmy up that pole they will go the same way as Leica and Contax. The cost to develop any digital camera body is huge compared to MF or 35mm film bodies, there has to be a market to absorb these costs and turn the design/production into a profitable venture. I have and still use MF gear but I can assure you that as soon as 20-25MP 35mm frame format digital cameras are available and resonably priced I'll be relegating all my MF gear to the display cabinet as historical items. There certainly won't be a second hand market for them at that stage. Witness similar audio industry transitions, vinyl recordings to CD then CD to DVD-A, SACD etc. It can be plainly seen that the higher quality recording options are going nowhere in the market, yes they potentially offer better reproduction but not significant enough that the public are supporting them. They are dead in the water because the wider public is satisfied with the audio capabilities of the CD medium. This same market saturation vs resolution vs consumer need brick wall will apply to digital cameras shortly also. 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
