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To: Rarebird who wrote (13565)	8/3/2000 11:53:53 PM
From: Ausdauer	Respond to of 60323

Rarebird, I share your enthusiasm and forward vision. I found this SNDK related item tonite on steves-digicams.com Report Says Shipment Of Digital Cameras In Japan Surpassed Film Cameras In Six-Month Term According to Asia Pulse, the value of digital camera shipments, including exports, from Japan jumped 117.3 percent to ¥171.6 billion (US$1.56 billion) in January through June. Shipment of digital cameras surpassed that of film cameras for the first six-month term ever, the Japan Camera Industry Association reported. Shipments of film cameras fell 13.1percent during the period to ¥144.7 billion. Surging sales of digital cameras are attributed to the release this spring of models that offer 3-megapixel resolution or better. In terms of volume, digital camera shipments grew 131.3 percent to 3.98 million, while shipment of film cameras increased by 0.1 percent to 14.88 million, the report said. Digital cameras cost an average of ¥43,000, more than four times the average price of a film camera. Shipments of digital cameras will likely also surpass film-based cameras in terms of volume in a few years, many industry observers predict. Domestic shipments of digital cameras within Japan grew 89 percent to ¥50.6 billion yen in value, while volume rose 88.2 percent to 1.11 million. Ausdauer

To: Rarebird who wrote (13565)	8/4/2000 12:22:53 AM
From: Ausdauer	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 60323

My SanDisk experiences to date. To Jason W, NickD and Rarebird in particular. My first flash memory experience was in April of 1998 when I purchased an Epson PhotoPC 600 digital camera at Office Depot. I also purchased an ImageMate (parallel port) and a 15 MB SanDisk card ($129.99) at Ritz Camera. What I learned was... * digital photography is stunning. It is also addictive, highly contagious and an incurable affliction. * digital photography is the latest "killer app" for the PC and a perfect web tool. * 1024 x 768 resolution will never suffice. Be sure to keep my film camera loaded and ready for back-up. * 15 MB CompactFlash cards will never suffice. Be prepared to pony up more cash for a bigger card. * CompactFlash & Imagemate are better than limited on-board memory & serial connectivity any day of the week. * CompactFlash cards are way too expensive. My second flash memory purchase was the Pontis MP3 player in December of 1998. What I learned was... * MP3 is for real. The RIAA should be very afraid. * MMC is an unbelievable technological accomplishment. * An 8 MB MMC card is not good for much. My third flash memory purchase was the NEC MobilePro 770 palmtop. What I learned was... * "instant on" is a major breakthrough. * the laptop manufacturers should be very afraid. * nothing is better than dual CompactFlash slots. * touch sensitive color LCD's rock. * Windows CE is a great product, but still needs some work. * Microsoft "Trips & Streets" rocks. * proprietary, mono headphone jacks suck. My next purchase was the Cassiopeia E-100, a handheld PC running on Windows CE 2.0 as well. What I learned was... * Palm should be very afraid. * 65,000 color, LCD touch screens rock. * every handheld should have stereo output. * MULTIMEDIA is coming to your palm. "The Matrix" and "Run Lola, Run" both rock. * you can never own a CompactFlash card that is too big. * cursive recognition software rocks. * two way digital foreign language dictionaries rock. My next purchase was the Epson PhotoPcC 850Z digital camera (I also bought a USB ImageMate and another CF card, this time 64 MB). What I learned was... * if I let friends play with this thing long enough most will offer to buy it from me at some point. * Epson should be paying me a commission. * digital cameras can function almost like SLR's. * 2.1 megapixel resolution is phenomenal, but there is still room for improvement. * I hardly ever use my film camera anymore. The last time I used it I had to dust it off. * USB ImageMate rocks. * I need a new storage system for the hundreds of "keepers" I have now assembled. My next two purchases were the I-Jam MP3 player and the Thomson Lyra. Both were gifts. What I learned was... * MP3 really rocks. The RIAA should be crapping in their pants by now. * the I-Jam is impressively small and functional. It doesn't look like it requires many parts at all. * teenagers love MP3 players. * encryption of MP3 files is a big, big hassle. * RCA makes very cute CompactFlash cards. SanDisk should be taking notes. * it is hard to find vintage Liberace, even with Napster. __________________________________________________________________________________ I am not sure what my next flash memory purchase will be. It might be an e-book with all my favorite periodicals loaded on it. It may be a digital picture frame that automatically downloads pictures from my family's on-line albums when I'm asleep. It may be a net-enabled cell phone communicator. It might be a digital bulletin board that attaches to the fridge with the white pages and yellow pages preloaded in it (in addition to a screen saver with all of our family photos). It might be a car radio with a CF slot instead of a tape deck or CD player. I see endless applications for SanDisk's flash cards. I suspect in 2 or 3 years there will be any number of unique devices that will be designed to function with CF or MMC. Ausdauer