Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don Dory wrote: > Rolfe, > It means one of a couple of things. One, Nikon is feeling the heat of > the 1Ds and needed to get into the more pixel race to keep users or > avoid losing face. > > It could also mean that Nikon has a GF like image interpolator that lets > them create images that appear to be from a 10MP camera. But where is this documented? I don't see anything on Nikon's web site or anything about a software or firmware upgrade (other than those previously announced for other purposes). > > Possibly we are in a transition era just like in the late 30's where > Rollie's were capable of quality near enough to 4X5 that medium format > started to take images away from large format, and in the fifties and > sixties where 35mm (Leica, Contax, Nikon) offered quality good enough > that the majority of shooters switched to 35mm. Well, now, I am > proposing that somewhere in the 6-14 MP range the quality is good enough > that most images for the next little while will be taken with sensors in > that rough range. I don't disagree with this. The exception will be magazine covers, at least in the short to medium term. I actually think that in terms of new camera sales, medium format will be the big loser rather than 35mm. I would be willing to bet that on a nationwide basis, wedding photographers are the largest users of medium format and they are going digital in droves. > > I don't really see the point of a 20 MP sensor for use up to 20X30. The > images I have seen coming out of the 11 MP 1Ds easily make that cut for > most users. > > Others will chime in, but computers are not going to get much faster in > the near term. Making motherboards clock faster than 800 MH is a real > issue as those speeds create a lot of RF that is really difficult to > handle. And really, what is the point of a 4 GH chip if the motherboard > is only running at 800 MH? Are we all really going to be using > multiprocessor computers: I don't think that will be mainstream practice > for some time. I don't know -- the new Apple G5 dual processor looks pretty nice :-). - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html