It's not this particular technology that is promising. It's the obvious truth that digital is a relatively new technology, and significant refinement will certainly come soon. Paul On Oct 7, 2006, at 4:35 PM, mike wilson wrote:
> Perry Pellechia wrote: > >> I agree with you Paul. We tend to limit our expectations based on >> what we have seen before. It is usually better to just sit back and >> watch where the technology leads us to. > > I don't think there was ever much progress made by letting the > technology do the leading, whatever that means. This particular > instance seems to encompass the worst of all worlds. Multiple (it > doesn't say how many but I get the impression of many) moveable > mirrors, > one pixel and an exposure time of, at the moment, 15 minutes, that > they > expect to get down to "a few seconds". > > What happens if your single pixel goes "hot"? > > >> >> >> On 10/6/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Interesting. And it demonstrates that digital technology is far from >>> its zenith. Something to think about when you hear the whines about >>> how low noise and high resolution are impossible without large >>> sensors. >>> Paul >>> On Oct 6, 2006, at 9:31 PM, Perry Pellechia wrote: >>> >>> >>>> When a single pixel may be all you need: >>>> >>>> http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=0003FA95- >>>> AAB6-1526-AAB683414B7F0000&ref=rss >>>> or/ >>>> http://tinyurl.com/kezzp >>>> >>>> I hope you find this interesting too. >>>> >>>> Perry. >>>> -- >>>> <----------------------------------------------------> >>>> Perry Pellechia >>>> >>>> Primary email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Alternate email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Home Page: http://homer.chem.sc.edu/perry >>>> <----------------------------------------------------> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
