What upcoming Kodak/Olympus DC? Or is this a New Year's dream?
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> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Prosper
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 8:10 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] How many pixels in a 35mm film image - Pop Photo
> weighsin
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> >From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >The current LCD has contrast ratio of 500:1 and I heard normal
> monitor will
> >be around 700:1, the plasma display is claimed up to 3000:1. If my
> >interpertation is right, a D-range of "2" is equivalent to 100 and "3" is
> >1000, 3.6 will be 4000. It is generally agreed that D-Max of 3.6 is fine
> >for
> >most slides, but of course some claimed the slide's density can be up to
> >D-Max of 4.0.
> >
> >On the other hand you are totally right about the monitor display, it is
> >much better than print when talking about dynamic range and it is more
> >close
> >to slide but never as good.
>
> I guess it's been a while since I looked at contrast ratios for modern
> monitors. I haven't gone digital as yet although I have sold off all but
> three of my conventional lenses. However, it has long been my
> ultimate goal
> to marry my camera to my computer. Although I can go for a good
> prosumer dc
> now---including the Olympus E20N, I rather wait for a solid professional
> camera.
>
> The E20N appears very tempting indeed. However, it doesn't go wider than
> 28mm (actually 7mm). I need a camera to be able to get down to at least
> 24mm, preferably 21/20mm before it gets serious consideration as a system
> camera. Furthermore, the E20N can't correct for the color temperature of
> conventional US household bulbs. OTOH, the ability to go to 420mm F2.8
> (actually 105mm) is absolutely incredible. This puts one right at entry
> level bird photography focal lengths.
>
> Perhaps the upcoming Kodak/Olympus dc will address my druthers. In the
> meantime, I still have a lot of film to consume.
>
> John
>
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