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RE: Olympus: 12 megapixels is enough

Perhaps the point of sensor size and multiple sensors has been overlooked? Talking major market share I agree with the article, the average Joe and Jane Blow "don't need no steenkin'" 12 megapixels or even four!

Working with 12 MP and improving speed on the smaller cameras, by enlarging the sensors or using multiple sensors can be done in the compact cameras. As well s improving anti shake technology and more optical zoom.

But much of the rhetoric here ignores history.

Being older does not mean smarter, but it does grant me the ability to remember back in the day.

The megapixel debate parallels the old film camera market exactly. A majority of the people wanted easy and quick, quality was not a factor per se, as long as the folks in the pic were recognizable. Thus the old 110 instamatics, which served that segment well.

For the instant gratification crowd polaroid had the answer.

For the serious amateur a low end SLR with interchangeable lenses and filters could be had.

The professionals, and the folks with more money to burn and not professional, (The Rolex watch and caddilac crowd) then as now, both groups forked out the big bucks for the exact custom system they needed or wanted.

The same market forces are at work today.

There were a billion more instamatics sold back then than high end camera frames with thousands of dollar lens sets etc.

I'd rather a buck from each of those instamatics, than 20 bucks profit from a thousand high end SLR systems.

Now, with digital cameras, we are all instant gratification oriented. But the market segments remain the same.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Posted by: derekgore   Posted on: 03/09/09  (Edited: 03/09/2009 @ 09:34) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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