Re: [OT] Digital Cameras

At 10:39  4/04/01 -0400, you wrote:
>On Thu, 05 Apr 2001 10:19:25 +1000, Derek Fulton
<derekfulton@bigpond.com>
>wrote:
>
> >I read that 1 megapixels is equivalent to 100 speed ISO film, the
more
> >pixels the better resolution.
>
>I'm not sure where you got that idea from but it's not even CLOSE to
accurate.
>Sorry, Derek.

<all that good stuff about film snipped >

The source had was a book from the local library, one of those how to
.... 
books. Unfortunately it's not on the shelf at the local library (at the 
moment) and working from memory is always a dangerous thing. But the 
important point is, the more pixels the better the resolution and
currently 
in the shops here, 2 to 3 megapixel cameras are comparable in price to
what 
I paid for my 35mm SLR (Aust$800 -900). Based on the price drops I seen
in 
the last 6 months the price will continue to drop, by the end of the
year a 
good digitial camera will be affordable even to me :)

Derek

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