Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All current digital "pro" cameras based on 35mm bodies are of a very provisorial, crude design. The CCDs use only 50% of the film area. That means bodies and lenses are bigger and much more expensive than necessary. What an incredible waste to put a 2.8/17-35 zoom lens with 24x36mm coverage on a Nikon D1 with half-frame chip! And the design of the bodies is optimised for film, just like the first motor cars which looked like horse carriages. But on the other hand the digital market at the moment does not justify a self contained system with "pro"-grade bodies and lenses taylored to the size and special requirements of CCDs. Making CCDs bigger and thus compatible with 35mm film is again only a half-hearted solution. I would expect that miniaturisation and densification of CCDs is the way to go for improving digital imagem quality. Hans-Peter