New Technology Discovered to advance digital cameras!

[astroview]

The NYTimes has an article on a former Cal Tech physics prof. who advanced CCD technology. Promises to make film truly outdated.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/11/technology/11FOVE.html

Registration required of course.

 

[astroview]

ttt

 

[Nefrodite]

wow thats kewl had to reg to read though. guess i had to do it sometime heh. almost glad i don't have a digi cam yet, they better hurry.

 

[limsandy]

link from yahoo news

 

[Elledan]

Drat! Right after I've bought my new digital camera

 

[bacillus]

<< Drat! Right after I've bought my new digital camera >>


judging by that yahoo article, unless you own a pro camera you'll not have lost anything with your recent purchase!

 

[Nefrodite]

not really, the development means pro level cameras for all! so sweet.

camera tech had to keep moving..

 

[Czar]

Seems that this just gives better color accuracy, its a good thing, but what I would like more is higher resolutions and higher capacity storage, and more widely awailable photo books for long term storage.

 

[Nefrodite]

yup, everyone should be using no less then a 3mpix camera if they want to take pictures for keeps otherwise its gonna suck in X years when you go back to look at pictures you only have cruddy low res sources of. step back from true photo quality isn't an advance

 

[Eug]

You guys should take a look at Canon's CMOS technology. Their semi-pro 3 Megapixel CMOS camera blows away any consumer 4-5 Megapixel camera on the planet. And that includes their own 4 MP Canon G2, which I own.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Yeah, the D30 rocks! My G2 was expensive, so I can't afford a $2,500 digicam just yet. Hopefully this new CCD will bring professional quality digital photography to the masses in the next 1-2 years.

 

[GTaudiophile]

If you want to see what this sensor can do, check out DPreview's Preview.

 

[madthumbs]

I thought this was old technology that just got updated.

 

[Czar]

thanks for the link GTaudiophile

I love how well this takes pictures, but still I want higher res, 2268 x 1512 just aint good enough for A4 printouts.

 

[Eug]

<< thanks for the link GTaudiophile

I love how well this takes pictures, but still I want higher res, 2268 x 1512 just aint good enough for A4 printouts. >>


It should be fine for A4 sized paper, unless you're in the habit of viewing your A4 prints at 6 inches away from your face. Plus you can upscale the image before the printing. You won't gain true resolution, but it does make a difference in the final print.

That said, you wouldn't be able to crop anything.

 

[Czar]

yeah, this is definetly better than the current technology, and the best thing is that when this will finaly be cheaper the resolution will probably be alot higher and then its a good time to replace my current 3mpix olympus