Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, i too saw the X3 chip story in Newsweek.It was a good article since I did not know that bascially many pixels get wasted on current digital cameras because of the way the chip filters red,blue, and yellow. If the X3 improves digital cameras, that a great step for digital. However, I'm not moving to digital yet, scanning my Leica neg's and slides works just fine for me. Maybe when there is a a digital M that takes all the current Leica lenses, I'll think about it. Chris Williams New Orleans - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Goh" <sunsetat7@yahoo.com> To: "Leica Users digest" <owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; "Leica Leica" <leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; "Leica Leica" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 2:05 AM Subject: [Leica] X3 Chip - End of Conventional Film?? (Off-Topic) > Anybody heard of the new X3 chip to be used in the > future digital cameras? The current digital technology > uses one color in one pixel while the X3 chip have > three different layers so all possible colors can be > contained in one pixel which will have the resolution > which, if I can remember correctly will have the same > resolution if not better than the 35 mm. I lost the > article so forgot the other details; I think it's from > newsweek dated March 25, 2001. This will start the > doomsday clock for the conventional film so they say. > Though I don't like digital cameras due to it's > short-life bodies and fast-changing technology, this I > found to be disturbing if you're going to purchase > expensive film-based cameras. According to the > article, this will materialized in 2-3 years time. Any > comments? > > Mark > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html