Yes, that's exactly what I expect to happen. Until they aren't cost
effective, and everyone moves to this new technology, or even something
cheaper and better. It's not just teh imaging sensor chip that makes
this a better system, it is the lack of necessity to process the image
information through "labour" or processor intensive math.
The Cereal Box prize digital camera is coming to a store near you ;-)
Art
Charlie wrote:
>
> But doesn't it seem likely that companies like Sony, with a stake in
> existing CCD sensors, are likely to try to drive down the cost of
> "conventional" digital cameras, as a means of keeping an upstart like
> Foveon from gaining significant market share? Sounds like a price war
> is in the near future to me! We're likely to see just how cheaply a 4
> M-pixel camera can be sold.
>
> --
> Charlie Hoffpauir
>
>
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