Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mamiya 645AFD ? Perhaps? - -Doug - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aram Langhans" <langhans@yakima-wa.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:15 PM Subject: [Leica] Digital obsolecence > A thought. > > In the last 30+ years of my photographic career I have noticed that the > quality of film has improved. Look at the grain of the old High Speed > Ektachrome which was only ASA 160 and compare it to modern 400 slide film. > Print film, both color and B&W have become much better. Now, to take > advantage of this all I had to do was to drop the new film into my old > reliable (at that time Rollei SL-35) and shoot away. I can take any old > camera and take full advantage of the new film technology. Cool!!! > > So, why not design a digital camera that is modular. Improvements in the > sensor?? Just drop a new one in with a bit of circuitry and bingo - my 2.3 > Mpixel is now a 6.5 Mpixel. I don't have to clutter the used market with > worthless junk or fill up the landfill. > > But where it the profit in that??? > > Aram > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html