On: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 Jorge Parra wrote: >> What you are saying is that in real-world performance, the circuitry plus >> internal software and onboard processor, is not really up to it in terms of >> everyday practical use. That the new chip is being piggybacked on an old >> motherboard with proven performance is not a bad thing. With a product cycle >> time of nine months, it is safe to assume that any current digicam on the >> market is in effect, a working prototype. > ................................................................. Research > with chips is far from slowing down, and even though you may think that a > new camera with smaller file size may just be a refurbished thing, I don't.
I don't either, and piggybacking a new chip onto a proven mother board is a big step forward towards piggybacking yet again - onto something else that is of superior evolution in yet another six months time. Sometimes some new technologies have to go into a holding pattern, waiting for others to catch up. What would take years or decades of development, now takes months. The technologies of chip light capture, data transfer and onboard processing are at inequal stages of development. So it is a matter of time, and the timing of a necessary confluence of those technologies that will give us the kind of cameras we really do need, if not now - then certainly later. > In the meantime, a well "groomed" 6 MP file will work wonders for many > applications without destroying your pocket.. Amen to that. best William Curwen www.william.ws =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
