on 6/4/04 7:12 PM, Joe Gwinn at joegwinn@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I wasn't clear about this, but when I say "astronomers", I mean the
> pros, the ones with the telescopes costing hundreds of millions of
> dollars. In that world, for the image sensor, cost is simply not an
> issue, so they push the technology to its limit, allowing us folk
> with lesser budgets to see where those limits are.
Aren't these pro astro image sensor usually refrigerated (or chilled liquid
nitrogen or such) to reduce electronic noise to a minimum...? Maybe that's
the next new thing in digicams... comes with a little tank of liquid
nitrogen.
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
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