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

"Rich" wrote in message
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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

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

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