On Monday 11 February 2002 12:55 pm, Barry B. Bean wrote:
On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 09:11:28 -0800, Winsor Crosby wrote:
>The end of 35mm just arrived:
> http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20000912S0048
When they can package thta monster in a OM/FM/EOS/etc sized package
and sell the consumer version for <$200 and the Pro version for
<$2500, I'll be a believer.
And don't forget storage. I can buy enough film for >1000 shots for around
$100, and if I'm out of film on a trip I can go to any grocery strore and get
some consumer Kodak. High resolution digital files take lots of megabytes,
and digital photo media is expensive and takes more space than 35mm at
comparable quality (I'm not talking about highly compressed jpegs obviously).
So unless you carry a serious laptop computer (more $$ and weight), digital
is still not practical for photographic trips. When they make digital media
that can take gigabytes of data in a package the size of a 35mm cannister,
then high resolution digital cameras may be useful. Not now. My OM is still
more practical than any high-end digital camera on the maket.
Pawel
Currently, you can buy a self-powered iPod with a Firewire 5
Gigabyte drive, which will download your images and fits in your
pocket. Two would fit in a lens compartment in a camera bag. IBM has
already developed tiny hard drives designed to fit right in the
camera. It really seems to be "convergence".
A Sigma SLR with the Foveon chip is in the works with a target price
of $3000. And one certainly would not expect a state of the art
digital cam to sell for less than a pro film camera with lower
resolution. An OM4Ti with 35-80/2.8 costs more than $2500, mail
order, from B&H. I am not sure why one would expect a high
resolution chip in a consumer camera for $200.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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