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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (32476)	5/21/1999 4:09:00 PM
From: AB	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 33344

Jim, film still has "pixels". Resolution is limited, in part, by the size of the grains in the film emulsion. But my point was more this; many of us here have said that at some point for certain uses, more MHz does not matter in computer apps. Similar idea for cameras; once a 4x6 print looks great to Joe Consumer, is he going to pay more if he can't see the difference. Take a look at the output from a 2Mpixel digital camera. You might be suprised. I can't find the link, but dig camera manufs are already complaining that more pixels are not going mean higher sales prices. Anthony

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (32476)	5/21/1999 7:10:00 PM
From: Robert Sheldon	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 33344

I'm wondering how a pixel camera will ever reach film quality? The Foveon analog chip camera already exceeds film quality – in short it is better than traditional methods of image capture. That is what all the excitement is about. Computers are generally digital in nature (except for emerging analog technologies). The problem is that we live in a world full of shades and hues, objects of irregular nature and generally random shapes. This is not a nice world for a computer to snap a “true to life” picture. This is where Foveon saunters into focus. Their analog chips allow for the randomness of life to be accounted for. Period. Lets get back the NSM's real excitement – Information/Internet appliances and systems on a chip.