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Subject: Re: [OM] It is Here
From: "M. Lloyd" <royer007@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 14:56:00 -0800 (PST)
When I'm looking at the specs of that Sigma Camera I'm
seeing a stated Mpixel count of 3.4 million. Am I
missing something here I though the CCD was supposed
to be 16 million?

--- Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On Monday 11 February 2002 12:55 pm, Barry B. Bean
> wrote:
> 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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