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Marketing ruins an opportunity
The megapixel marketing binge has ruined a good opportunity. An
opportunity to release a perfect P&S, one with a low noise 5 megapixel sensor. Currently, the only low noise P&S camera is the Sony R1 which uses a big 10 meg. sensor, much like an mid-upper level DSLR. A sensor of the same kind, 5 megapixels would be half the size, cost FAR less and allow the production of a $500 P&S that could shoot at 1600 ISO if needed without too much noise. There is the Fuji T10/11, but it's a compact, compromised design. A prosumer with a 5 meg sensor, a fast lens (f2 or faster wide open) a 4-5x zoom max would be a terrific product. -Rich |
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Marketing ruins an opportunity
"Rich" wrote in message ... The megapixel marketing binge has ruined a good opportunity. An opportunity to release a perfect P&S, one with a low noise 5 megapixel sensor. Currently, the only low noise P&S camera is the Sony R1 which uses a big 10 meg. sensor, much like an mid-upper level DSLR. A sensor of the same kind, 5 megapixels would be half the size, cost FAR less and allow the production of a $500 P&S that could shoot at 1600 ISO if needed without too much noise. There is the Fuji T10/11, but it's a compact, compromised design. A prosumer with a 5 meg sensor, a fast lens (f2 or faster wide open) a 4-5x zoom max would be a terrific product. Like the Sony 717? :-) -Rich |
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Marketing ruins an opportunity
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 19:30:40 -0500, "Kinon O'cann" Yes.it's.me.Bowser
wrote: "Rich" wrote in message .. . The megapixel marketing binge has ruined a good opportunity. An opportunity to release a perfect P&S, one with a low noise 5 megapixel sensor. Currently, the only low noise P&S camera is the Sony R1 which uses a big 10 meg. sensor, much like an mid-upper level DSLR. A sensor of the same kind, 5 megapixels would be half the size, cost FAR less and allow the production of a $500 P&S that could shoot at 1600 ISO if needed without too much noise. There is the Fuji T10/11, but it's a compact, compromised design. A prosumer with a 5 meg sensor, a fast lens (f2 or faster wide open) a 4-5x zoom max would be a terrific product. Like the Sony 717? :-) -Rich Not a very good attempt it seems. http://img2.dpreview.com/gallery/son...14-1539-55.jpg |
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Marketing ruins an opportunity
dfs writes:
Currently, the only low noise P&S camera is the Sony R1 which uses a big 10 meg. sensor, much like an mid-upper level DSLR. A sensor of the same kind, 5 megapixels would be half the size, cost FAR less and allow the production of a $500 P&S that could shoot at 1600 ISO if needed without too much noise. If you kept the pixel size the same, a 5 megapixel camera would have a sensor with 71% as many pixels horizontally and vertically, and the sensor would be 71% of the dimensions - still far larger, and far more expensive, than other P&S cameras. The lens focal length, element diameters, and physical length would also scale down by only 30%. Are you sure it would be under $500? The sensor might be half as expensive as the R1 or less, but it's not clear other costs would scale down the same way. If you made the sensor half the dimensions of the R1's, it would be only 2.5 megapixels (and a lot cheaper, it's true). How many people would be happy with a 2.5 MP camera today? Dave |
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