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Subject: [OM] Re: eos350d
From: Earl Dunbar <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 05:33:15 -0800
I see the pixel race as increasingly irrelevant except to the respective 
manufacturers' revenue streams.

Earl

AG Schnozz wrote:

>As to the "upgrading" of our ancient OM's with newly available
>film...  I think that train done left the station.  I doubt that
>we'll ever see any new films of worth coming down out from Big
>Yellow or Grand ol Green.  Today's films are probably as good as
>well get and our favorites will start to disappear.  My sad
>prediction is that we'll see the discontinuance of half the film
>products in 2005 and 2006. 2007-2008 will see almost the rest
>gone.
>
>  
>
>>>Now, it's another few THOUSAND bucks to shell out to really
>>>      
>>>
>>find "upgrade".
>>    
>>
>
>For a professional grade DSLR, this is correct. For low-end
>stuff like the 300D and D70, the prices will eventually get back
>down to the under $300 category. Prices of all photo gear will
>stabilize where they were before the digital revolution struck.
>
>But, we'll continue to see a 30% increase in pixels every year
>and Canon lead the competition by six months.
>
>Except Olympus will still have the 5MP E-1 as their flagship
>camera and Nikon will have the 4MP D2Hs-Mark XXIV.
>
>AG
>  
>



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