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From: "Pål Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 11:38 PM
Subject: Re: Is the New LX Going to Be a Digital Camera
>I don't think so. I do believe film will be around for 20 years and an
updated LX,
A bit like C19 plate cameras are still around? Sorry, but I'm rather
sceptical on the longevity of film. It will have it's place in twenty years,
but that place will be a very very small niche market.
>whereas film based camera will be bought by traditionalists and people who
want the size, weight, battery consumption digital cannot offer.
You *do* mean film, don't you: large, heavy and consumes a lot of power with
winders, etc. Digitals currently have high power usage but that is likely
to change - and very soon.
> Low light is an area where digital cannot compete.
Again, that's short-lived.
>A digital camera would be rather short lived statement with the progress
expected in that field.
Any digital camera made at any time from now until the far distant future
will be short-lived. Once anything becomes fully electronic it is subject to
the same laws that govern all electronic equipment: obsolete within a matter
of months.
But I do agree with you - any future LX will not be a digital. However, I
don't think there is going to *be* a new LX. I find it fascinating how one
posting suggesting that there *might* be a new LX (based on some rather
vague discussion/interview that isn't in print and hasn't been quoted
verbatim nor confirmed by a third party) can generate a discussion like this
with people carrying on as though a "New LX" is a given and will be released
in the next few months. It just seems 100% made-up, which is rather sad as
it is getting people hopes up for nothing.
(unless I missed the posting in which it was all officially revealed...).
doctor digi
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