I still think he was right.
12mp compacts are just plain ludicrous.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 07/03/2009, at 7:02 AM, Frank Wijsmuller wrote:
> Maybe we don't take it too seriously remembering this ;-).
>
> *4 mega pixels CCD is good enough for consumer use
>
> In the Camedia E-10 press conference on 22 August 2000, the
> President of
> Olympus, Mr Masatoshi Kishimoto gave the following remarks.
>
> "We will stop the research on high resolution CCD."
>
> "We have been continuously developing high quality digital camera
> with high
> resolution CCD. But E-10's 4M pixels CCD is able to give very
> satisfactory
> results even in enlarged prints. I think this is the end of the high
> resolution CCD competition."
>
> "5M or 6M pixels are too much for consumer use. Operation, design
> and other
> added values are more important from now on."*
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