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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