Well, I won't claim to be "thoroughly familiar with the development of
CCDs", but I think I can make a reasonably defensible assertion. There are
greater experts on the list.
The current state of CCD's for astro work are nowhere near 3Kx2K tricolor
resoultion and the price tage for the high res units are well over your
$3000 threshold. I looked up SBIG's top end device, the ST-8. It offers
1530 x 1020 full-frame resolution in B&W for a MSRP of $6,450. I did learn
they offer an adapter, for an additional $110, that will attach Zuiko lenses
to the CCD camera body; but the viewfinder problem remains to be solved. I
also think that with a few very low res exceptions, they all require a
computer for camera control, image acquisition and processing. Not quite up
to "You press the button and we do the rest", but getting closer........
Were it not for my spouse using the digital so much for some of her
activities, I'd sell mine. But she likes it, so it stays. For *me*, for
*now*, imaging on silver based, chemically processed film, then scanning the
film and printing from a "digital darkroom" works for a lot of stuff.
Still, anything I think is special, that I want to present or display or
enlarge to greater than 8x10, I go in the dark and do it the old-fashioned
way. Besides, there is a certain theraputic value to an afternoon in the
darkroom <G>.
John P
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-----Original Message-----
From: William Sommerwerck <williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, September 12, 1998 7:20 AM
Subject: [OM] digital Olympus wish list
>Damark has refurbished 600Ls for $675 -- a very attractive price. (These
>are not always refurbished -- sometimes the product has simply been
>repackaged.) I was sorely tempted to buy, but resisted.
>
>I'd love to have a digital camera, and the 600L takes incredible
>pictures. (I've seen photos in magazines, and friend has sent me several
>via e-mail.) But I have Polaroid cameras and an H-P scanner, and there's
>a great one-hour lab at a nearby Costco. At the moment, I don't have
>enough need for a digital camera to justify buying one.
>
>But I'd like to _eventually_ have one, and I know what I want. To wit,
>an SLR body that takes all my Zuikos and has a full-size (24mmx36mm)
>sensor with at least 2000x3000 pixels. Actually, _three_ sensors -- red,
>green, and blue.
>
>In other words, I want a digital camera whose images are comparable (if
>not necessarily equal) to those produced by conventional photography.
>It's within existing technology, but the price would be... I don't want
>to think about it.
>
>Anyone out there feel the same way? Anyone out there who is thoroughly
>familiar with the development of CCDs, and could make a reasonable
>speculation when such a camera might be possible at a "reasonable" price
>(under $3000)?
>
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