Dear Joe
On Tuesday, January 22, 2002 at 7:39, Joe Gwinn <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] Why bigger images are better 4.2" saying:
...
> At 9:25 PM -0500 1/20/02, Joe Gwinn wrote:
> >At my company XMAS party, somebody was using a 2.1-megapixel point&shoot
> >with a built-in pipsqueak flash. The photos were terrible -- looked flat
> >and cartoonish, especially faces. Part of this was due to the photo
> >exceeding the gamut (color range) of the inkjet color printer, but the
> >photos weren't that great on the screen either. They would have been far
> >better off with a film camera, even a $10 disposable camera.
>
> The above is a comparison of two low-end point&shoot cameras, and yet it
> triggered a religious war on the cosmic merits of digital versus film. The
> odd thing was how many people spoke of their wonderful results with their
> wonderful equipment, but it was never made clear how these examples related
> to a pair of low end P&S cameras. Clearly, this is a deeply felt issue.
I've just bought a used 1.4mp OlympusD600L digital SLR. One image I printed
out, slightly cropped, at 8x10.5" on my Lexmark Z31 $100 inkjet. It's
marvellously sharp - I was really amazed at the detail in the teeth and
eyelashes of a double portrait.
Maybe my eyes are getting old. They're almost 56 years old now, a little
older than my teeth.
But this camera is telling me that digital is on its way.
> It's quite clear that in twenty years time digital will have almost totally
> replaced film, and I for one am very interested in what Olympus' new digital
> system will look like. Given Olympus' history, it should cause the other
> camera manufacturers to scramble to catch up, just as the OM system did in
> 1972. It should be fun to watch.
Maybe. Their P&Ss have been the most successful. We'll have to see what the
market says. There does seem to be a big opportunity here for a camera with
versatile accessories & high quality at a reasonable price, both for
advanced amateurs, and for journalism.
> Anyway, it's time to stop this thread. Religious issues cannot be settled
> by debate.
Especially when the religions keep changing.
tOM
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