>From: Albert <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Sony just coughed up 8 megapixel CCD's in a 2/3's " configuration. If
>that is translated to 4/3rds which I think is suppose to be 2x the
>surface area, then that's a 16 megapixel possibility?
Possibly, but at what cost?
Semiconductor yield goes down and cost goes up with the square (or even cube)
of area. So if there is such a beast, expect it to cost 4-8 times as much.
That's why you don't see any full-frame 35mm digitals fur under four grand or
so -- the body and other electronics on the 10D and 1D are pretty much the
same, yet the full-frame one costs 6x!
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