You didn't need to read between the lines... just the previous message
in this thread where David Irisarri was specifically addressing dynamic
range.
ps: George Monbiot apparently doesn't consider that premature movement
to alternative power sources before the technology is economically
competitive (which it certainly isn't today) would have the same
deleterious economic effect on the world's poor as a "permanent oil shock".
Bjørn Lomborg supporter - Chuck Norcutt
On 9/17/2010 12:59 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>> Why would you ever suspect that 4/3 sensors will fully compete with
>> any larger sensor? It's simple physics. Bigger sensors catch more
>> light.
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> When you say, "compete," what I'm reading between the lines is,
> "compete on dynamic range, noise, and number of pixels."
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> There are more dimensions than that, such as cost and power
> consumption.
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> ---------------- According to farm scientists at Cornell University,
> cultivating one hectare of maize in the United States requires 40
> litres of petrol and 75 litres of diesel. The amazing productivity of
> modern farm labour has been purchased at the cost of a dependency on
> oil. Unless farmers can change the way it's grown, a permanent oil
> shock would price food out of the mouths of many of the world's
> people. Any responsible government would be asking urgent questions
> about how long we have got. -- George Monbiot :::: Jan Steinman,
> EcoReality Co-op ::::
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