I think there was simply no compelling technical nor competitive reason
to move the 30D to 10MP. Not so with the consumer grade 400D where
megapixels is much more likely to sell the camera.
Chuck Norcutt
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> I thought that was interesting too. What was disconcerting was the
> upgrade of the 350D which is a lower line camera to the 400D after
> keeping the 30D the same. Maybe the 10MP CMOS was not ready yet when
> they were thinking about the 30D? They seem to have enough price
> flexibility though to compete in that area until they bring out its
> successor.
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> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
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> On Oct 30, 2006, at 5:03 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
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>>I found it very interesting that C chose to stay with 8MP in the
>>change
>>from 20D to 30D even though they went to 10MP with the 400D two months
>>later. It's the first time that the resoulution hasn't increased even
>>after about 18 months development.
>>
>>Chuck Norcutt
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