I saw this too. But lets get real. Who needs this megapixel stuff unless
you want medium format. Over the course of the summer I used the E20, D100
and Finepix S2 (this one at a Nova Scotia dealer on holidays). You know
what, I would be happy with the resolution on all of them. i printed up to
8x10 with all of them with SUPERB results on an Epson 785EPX (same print
engine as the 1280). I may print 1 11x14 in my life time, so I doubt 10
megapixels or 20 megapixels (see link below) with be of anyuse to the
general person:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0209/02090601sinar22mp.asp
This megapixel crapola is now becoming a marketing thing.
-Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Garth Wood [mailto:garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: September 12, 2002 10:03 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] [OT] Canon announces 11 Megapixel EOS
Well, it's getting up there real fast these days (digital resolution, that
is):
"Photokina marks the 15-year anniversary of EOS as a brand. Canon is
announcing two new EOS models at the show - the world's highest resolution
Pro-camera, the EOS 1Ds and the EOS 300V, which is predicted to become the
world's number 1 selling SLR camera.
The EOS-1Ds features the first ever full frame 35mm CMOS sensor with 11.1
million effective pixels. The EOS-1Ds capture astounding detail & colour,
almost doubling the resolution ordinarily considered state of the art for a
digital SLR camera in the world today."
>From the URL:
http://www.digitalfocus.net/sections/views/1DsRumour/1DsRelease.htm
Interesting. At this rate, we'll probably see a 20 Megapixel prosumer
camera within five years -- maybe even within two.
Garth
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