WDC/Sandisk Corporation Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : WDC/Sandisk Corporation

WDC 152.88

-5.9%

Nov 18 3:59 PM EST

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Craig Freeman who wrote (3916)	11/12/1998 9:24:00 PM
From: Bargain Hunter	Read Replies (1) of 60323

Those that argue how pixel counts are on the rise might take note of the fact that the Kodak DC260 has a pixel count roughly equal to HDTV. That may be true, but I want to be able to take a digital picture and then be able to zoom in as far as possible without appreciable loss of definition. Presumably while Moore's law is helping us cram more bits of flash onto a chip, it is also helping us get better resolution in the images. Ideally we would get to the point where resolution is limited only by the optics and not by the electronics. I also like the idea of flash cards for backup. Even if my camera can store all the pictures I take on my dream round-the-world 6-month long vacation, I don't want to lose all of them to a software bug on the last day (did I mention that this trip spans Jan 1st 2000?). Similarly I don't want a thief to get all my pictures if he snags my camera. I issue a challenge to the thread to provide estimates of how many bits are necessary to store a single picture with the same resolution as a traditional film picture with optimal loss-less compression. [Or could we do better than film eventually? If so, justify and choose your resolution.] Then estimate the largest number of pictures you might want to take without downloading them and calculate how many bits it would take to store them. Finally estimate how many years it will be before flash chips are dense enough to include that much storage in a camera. The results will give us some indication of whether Craig's suggestion that flash cards are a passing fad for digital photography is correct.

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next