Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Jan 27, 2004, at 5:53 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Man, I knew Canon was going to respond to the Nikon D2h by PMA but I >> didn't think they'd blow it away like this! >> This is actually a little scary... >> >Why is it scary? I think it's great. It means the technology is going >to accelerate rapidly. Pentax should be in 10 megapixel land within two >years or less. And I think it will be affordable. Remember the first 6 >megapixel camera sold for $30,000 or so. Ten megapixels for less than >$1000 in less than three years is my prediction.
What's scary is just how easily Canon has put down the threat from Nikon's new D2h. I suppose that it might fall short in the image quality department, but I wouldn't count on that. Does it have wireless data transfer like the Nikon? Doesn't sound like it but given the rest of the specs I doubt if anyone will care. Man, this has to be a dream camera for a lot of people: 8 megapixels, not quite full-frame but better than APS (a 15mm would become a still-pretty-wide 19.5mm-equivalent). Seems to be a camera that would be outstanding for both PJ work and fine art stuff. If it's as good in real life as it appears on paper. Notice also that it's CMOS, not CCD like the original 1D and the Nikon D1h/D2h. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
