RE: filmscanners: Digicams again was Re: filmscanners: Minolta DiMAGE Scan &

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk (Tony Sleep)]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001 21:38:46 -0600  Frank Nichols (frank@theNichols.net) 
wrote:

> I am
> predicting a 1Giga Pixel camera in the not too distant future (5 years 
> or
> less). The significance of this camera will be a drastic reduction is 
> the
> required size of lenses by using software digital zooming - this will be
> driven by your complaint and the relative expsense of these heavy long
> lenses of today

But! Digital zooming will reveal optical limitations. 

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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