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Re: [OM] CCD chips

Subject: Re: [OM] CCD chips
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 17:17:46 -0500
Hmm, now that is interesting. I freely admit digital is coming, in fact, I
own a nice digital camera and use it often. It's my P&S camera and the
instantaneous results are great.

I just want it in an OM mount <pout>.

Tom

> 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
>


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