Isn't the Fuji S1 3.3 mp interpolated to 6.6? Still great, but not as
great.
Tom
> Good evening to all;
>
> On the topic of image quality of digital vs/ film and Olympus vs/ Nikon,
> Canon.
>
> Olympus C-2500 and the new Fuji S-1 blew the other cameras out of the
water
> so to speak in the digital camera shoot-out at PMA.
>
> There was absolutely no question about the tonal range, sharpness,
> resolution edge to edge with either of these cameras. The Nikon D-1 and
> Canon (can not remember the model) had soft edges by comparison.
>
> The Olympus C-2500 has a fixed mount zoom lens, we own one and use it for
> digital portraiture. It gives outstanding results up to 8x12 and
acceptable
> to 11x14.
>
> The new Fuji S-1, we ordered 2 to be delivered in June, is 6 megapixel
with
> Fuji's new chip and is the equivalant to the over $20,000 single pass and
> scanning units. The Fuji is built on the Nikon N-60 chassis and uses
Nikon
> lenses but it is the new chip that makes the difference. They also showed
a
> 4.7 megapixel pocket size non-slr digital camera that was also
outstanding.
>
> We canceled our order the Nikon D-1. The Fuji S-1 is to be available in
> June at the $4000 level saving $1000 over the Nikon.
>
> The new Olympus C-3030 is also outstanding in its' price range.
>
> If you remove the lens from the Nikon D-1 you can observe a flat plate of
> some sort of plastic material, possibly a fiber optic plate, between the
> lens and mirror box. My guess is that this plate receives the light and
> redirects at the correct angle for the CCD receptors.
>
> Best to all, Mike
>
> Mike Stoesz, Rainbow Photography, Laramie, Wy.
>
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