Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Robert Monaghan <rmonagha@post.cis.smu.edu> wrote: > Assuming that Agfa et. al. come out with 10X faster films as > hoped and now evidently technically possible, with better > linearity and less fogging, that translates into 3+ stops speed > for film, and about equal light efficiency to current CCD > sensors (unless you intend to supercool your chips?). Granted, > digicams will be able to do software tricks, and image > intensifying tubes or technology will be available (but also to > film cameras?). But the technology wars aren't over yet, and > they aren't so one-sided as many would have us believe ;-) I love it! Let digital and film technologies both go full speed ahead. Seems to me we can only gain from this. - -Dave-