Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I hate to say it, but you may be right about the 4/3 chip. Unless someone figures out how to get more pixels on that thing without increasing noise, it is indeed a dead end. On 9/3/05 3:15 PM, "feli" <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On Sep 3, 2005, at 12:01 PM, Stephen Gandy wrote: > >> Well thought out! >> >> yes, let the chips fall where they will. >> >> on your 4/3 question, there is a rumor Leica will have a digital 4/3 >> camera, a version of the yet to be announced Panasonic 4/3. Time will >> tell. > > Well, I hope Leica doesn't go 4/3. I think it's a dead end, given how > tiny the chip is. > If Leica wants to make some glass for Panasonic to rake in some cash > that's another > story. > > I think Minolta is being very clever. They are using the same chip as > is in the D100. > But their built in Anti-shake technology buys them a good two stops > of speed. So they > can shoot at 400asa, when everyone else without stabilization is at > 1600asa. > > > Feli > > > ________________________________________________________ > feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > www.elanphotos.com > > > NO ARCHIVE > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information