filmscanners: Re: Future of Photography is Digital

["Chris McBrien" <chris@erg.abdn.ac.uk>]

Mike,
        dead right. During the recent Lunar Eclipse my FujiFilm MX2900
Zoom shut down after being on a tripod in -2°C. air for twenty
minutes. I had to rely on the 23 year old 35mm. Minolta.

        As an aside, that temperature completely discharged the
Lithium Ion battery. I had to completely recharge it for about three
hours.

Regards Chris.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Wilkinson" <michael@infocus-photography.co.uk>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: filmscanners: Re: Future of Photography is Digital


> I really do believe that digital is going to be the mainstream
method of
> capturing images in the future but like Video and Cine film it will
live
> for some time side by side with film.
> Film has a lot of advantages still,you can use a batteryless camera
for
> instance,underwater ,in the artic or the desert,try that with a
battery
> powered digital camera without taking extraordinary precautions.
> Manufacturers are trying,in my view, to fit in with current popular
> systems i.e. 35mm,why?
> The downside of this is that the conventional 35 mm slr which is
> uncomfortable to use at the best of times,(just where are you
supposed
> to park your nose when looking through the viewfinder )  has lenses
> which  cover more than the image receptor so we have to treat that
very
> expensive 24mm lens as a 35mm lens etc,not very good if you've,e
bought
> exactly the right kit for the job on film  is it ?
> If a chip is made so its only 1x 3/4 inches why not just make the
body
> and lens to suit as some have, the Olympus E10 springs to mind. the
> "consumer" cameras have gone this way.
> I think that the CMOS offers the way foreword for the medium cost
SLR
> type cameras, its feasible to make them larger or tile them to make
> bigger receptors and at the same time map the defective pixels so
that
> their information which would otherwise be missing ,is interpolated
and
> inserted into the image.
> Kodak have announced a new larger CCD chip for medium format cameras
,no
> doubt it will yield excellent images but you can bet it wont come
> cheaply  and as I understand it its still only 4x4cm on a 6x6cm
camera
> back  ,but we are getting there.
> Michael Wilkinson. 106 Holyhead Road,Ketley, Telford.Shropshire TF
15 DJ
>   michael@infocus-photography.co.uk
www.infocus-photography.co.uk
> For Trannies and Negs from Digital Files
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