On Mon, 08 Oct 2007 01:14:48 GMT, Malcolm Smith wrote:

It is certainly true that the DSLR technology is advancing very
rapidly (too our benefit).

The dark horse I believe is Sony with their Konica/Minolta
technology and their semiconductor (read sensor) technology
- they may surprise us all.

Knowing Sony, we might hope that the surprise doesn't turn out to
be another of their ill conceived copy protection schemes.