"RichA" wrote in message
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The consensus seems to be a jump from the 350 to the 400 isn't worth it
from an image improvement perspective, and may actually be a bad idea
if the lowest noise is your goal. However, there are other things the
camera has that might swing the pendulum.
However, Nikon, Pentax and Sony-Minolta's 10 megs have clear advantages
over their 6 megapixel predecessors. Nikon, was the smartest
concerning this because the D80 body is identical to the D50! They
didn't even go the extra mile to adopt the superior D70 body for the
D80. This has allowed them to keep costs at a bare minimum, only
allowing for a new sensor. For that they get a nice price increase and
it's possible and likely the new D80 is cheaper to build than the D70!
The sensor's physical size remained the same, only the pixel count
changed. Look for Nikon's profits to increase substantially because of
this.
Meanwhile, Olympus keeps (IMO) shooting themselves in the foot with
their incoherent marketing, once again a step-behind the competition by
releasing a 10 meg with refinements, to the European and Asian markets
only.

not all is in pixels. If you ask me, Canon could even stay at 8M and still
gain. Maybe even more if that would casue lower noise. For majority 8M is
too much still. But then again, that move would kill more expensive 30D...
Other things matter. 20D and 30D were still very similar. Yet 30 is selling.
Because 20D doesn't anymore. Same here. They (or will) stopped manufacturing
350D. It's an improvement. Not to replace existing 350 with it. But it's
because development goes on. And, since, new, improved model MUST come out
every year or so. Cars get more and more advanced. WIth more power. Yet many
of us don't sell our existing and buy a new one jsut because new one have 8
HP more than ours.