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[filmscanners] RE: Next Cycle of Scanner Tech
Art,
For the record, I didn't say what is quoted below... I believe you snipped
the part that I actually did say...
The Foveon isn't high enough resolution...yet, but that's a good bet as a
starting point...that is if they actually 1) work, and 2) can produce them.
Austin
> Maybe the Foveon chip?
>
> That would really be great, a split second scan of a full frame! I
> want one.
>
> Art
>
> Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> >>I don't know, but I suspect we are unlikely to see
> substantially improved
> >>scanners now. Unlike the previous 3-4 generations, I suspect we have now
> >>reached a point of diminishing returns, financially if not
> technically. It
> >>has become a mature market and film use is likely to only decline
> >>from now,
> >>so no scanner mfr. is going to throw money at R&D/innovation.
> Change will
> >>probably focus on usability and price, and marketing.
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