I'm not one to join in this conversation too often, but I have the article here
in front of me. Taken from the New York Times, it states that a camera
containing this new chip was given to a professional photographer in L.A. to
make a test portrait of a cowboy. In that image, no pixels or dots were
visible to the human eye when enlarged to a size of 8 feet by 4 feet. The
article goes on to say that this chip is the first to threaten 4x5 cameras
such as Hasselblad. The article goes into tremendous detail of how this new
chip will have an enormous impact on other electronic devices as well. Kodak
has developed a similar though more expensive chip with the same resolution.
Kodak's announcement came out two weeks ago.
As we all know, but are afraid to admit, its just a matter of time.
Mark Jennings
Tom Scales wrote:
> I'm sorry, but 'twice the resolution of 35mm film is bull'. I have the
> Polaroid Sprintscan 4000 and scan all my pics at 5500x3500 and, frankly, I'm
> not getting everything out of the film that I could with higher resolutions.
>
> A big jump, no question, but still marketing hype.
>
> CMOS is never going to match CCD quality either.
>
> Tom
>
> > Speaking of CCD chips, in yesterday's San Jose Mercury News,
> > there was an article about a new digital chip breakthrough
> > that will make digital "snapshots cheaper and easier".
> >
> > The chip is developed by Foveon Inc., a Santa Clara-based
> > company. It gives 4096x4096 pixels, "about twice the
> > resolution of 35mm film". And because it is a CMOS device
> > instead of CCD, it will be much cheaper to manufacture.
> >
> > For the full story, go to:
> > www.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/digphoto12.htm
> >
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