We have to recall that the E-10 had a 2/3" sensor which was 58 square
mm. A 4/3 sensor has 243 square mm or about 4.2 times as much area. If
the pixel density of the E-10 was applied to a 4/3 sensor it would be
16.75 MP.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> I still think he was right.
> 12mp compacts are just plain ludicrous.
>
>
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 07/03/2009, at 7:02 AM, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
>
>> Maybe we don't take it too seriously remembering this ;-).
>>
>> *4 mega pixels CCD is good enough for consumer use
>>
>> In the Camedia E-10 press conference on 22 August 2000, the
>> President of
>> Olympus, Mr Masatoshi Kishimoto gave the following remarks.
>>
>> "We will stop the research on high resolution CCD."
>>
>> "We have been continuously developing high quality digital camera
>> with high
>> resolution CCD. But E-10's 4M pixels CCD is able to give very
>> satisfactory
>> results even in enlarged prints. I think this is the end of the high
>> resolution CCD competition."
>>
>> "5M or 6M pixels are too much for consumer use. Operation, design
>> and other
>> added values are more important from now on."*
>
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