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To: Steve 667 who wrote (13771)	8/9/2000 10:43:52 PM
From: Craig Freeman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 60323

More on the Nikon 990 and e-cams: I recently set my Nikon 990 on a table while conversing with a friend. They asked if they could "see" my camera. I told them to do what they liked and pointed out the shutter button. They quickly lifted the camera and took a picture of one of their children ... which appeared instantly on the tiny (1.8") display. When they asked to see the photo again, I said "that could take some time". But a quick flip to "play" showed the picture to the happy parent. From an observer's perspective, a parent had taken a TERRIFIC image of their child, with zero training. IMHO, when e-cams can do better than 6 mpixels, manufacturers will be able to concentrate on making GREAT lenses and give up on the wide/tele photo zoom concept. Even a small part of an image yields a useful image after a bit of PC-based cropping. Knowing what I do about fixed focal-length versus zoom lenses, I think that the idea of "optical zoom" will fade soon (except in "pro" cameras). Conclusion: A 990 with a 128MB card can take 100+ GREAT images that can be cropped and printed at will. If you can do that today and SNDK offers new services soon -- to send these images to the 'Net (or to print them) -- then silver-based film is destined for a place in history. Craig