I find it to be really interesting. The market was settling down and
getting kind of predictable. This is very aggressive. If Canon drives
the market as much as people think, it may mean there will be much
more pressure by this modestly priced camera than their $8000
flagship, causing other makers to follow if they can afford to. If
this camera gobbles up sales will we see a full frame announcement by
Nikon and Oly? Kodak makes a full frame sensor that was used in one
of their MF backs which could allow Oly to respond quickly. I have no
idea what Sony, Nikon's sensor partner, might have in the back room.
If they have something for Nikon, will the agreement allow sharing
with Konica/Minolta? Since many pundits expect DSLR market to
saturate by the end of 2006 any company not able to field competitive
models before then could fail. It could mean that Canon will end up
owning the camera market like Microsoft does software and users of
anything else will be considered a cult. We will surely be bombarded
by advertising that small sensors are better. They may be better, but
no one ever lost money offering a higher megapixel camera with worse
noise and color characteristics. Interesting times indeed.
Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA
On Aug 22, 2005, at 7:47 AM, ScottGee1 wrote:
> So much for all the pundits that insisted full frame sensors were
> unlikely to be implemented. For a wide angle fan like me, this is
> very good news, assuming noise levels are reasonable and my glass is
> up to it!
>
>
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