Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Its early versions are expensive and grainy. The million-dollar NASA >digital camera will be bested by $2500 semi-pro models within 5 years. Not at the rate Kodak is going in the recent past. Their $13,000 cameras right now can barely touch 400 ISO film at 8x10 inches. And nothing much has changed in five years. The problem is that making perfect CCDs is a lot more difficult than people seem to realize. And they have to be perfect to do still digital. Video no problem. And as you say, color isn't good. The DCS520 (Canon DC2000) has color balance now. It works pretty good. But film itself is getting better too. There are very few applications that justify digital right now for professionals at the 35mm SLR equivalent level. Fast turnaround for newspapers is about it. There is nothing it's better at then film cameras besides that - speed. - -- Eric Welch St. Joseph, MO http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse.