At 3:22 AM +0000 10/11/03, olympus-digest wrote:
>Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 18:34:37 -0700
>From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [OM] E-1 lenses resolution vs. conventional lenses - fact or hype?
>
>I rather suspect such an idea may hvae been considered, but I don't
>think it is realistic. The rate of change in the electronic components
>means that the max design pixel count will likely be reached in less
>time than that of the design cycle of a series of high quality lenses.
>My guess is that much of the delay in the introduction of the E-1 was
>due to the electronic parts changing so fast that it was hard to nail
>down a design.
Could be.... Perhaps both are true.
Joe Gwinn
>Joe Gwinn wrote:
>
> >But to be a bit cynical, it would make sense to come out with lenses matched
> >to the current 5 Mpixel camera body, and then come out with a far better
> >(more smaller pixels) in a few years, with the corresponding
> >great-advance-in-the-art lens to match. Then we the faithful get to
> >generate a cashflow for many years to come. The trick is to get the cost of
> >initial entry down, to get us all slightly pregnant.
> >
> >
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