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FILM AIN’T DEAD
Canon will upgrade present 35mm film SLR line when necessary, Nikon is planning a high level camera, and Minolta has at least two new 35mm film SLRs coming. Camera manufacturers predict 35mm film SLR sales will level out in 2004. (Voor de Nederlandse lezer: de verkoop van analoge spiegelreflexcamera's zal stabiel blijven.)

Fuji explains that while snapshooters and sports photographers will undoubtedly go solely digital, pictorial and portrait photographers, and others addicted to film, would stay that way. (Dus film blijft gewoon bestaan, ondanks het voortdurende geblaat van digitaal-fanaten.)

NIKON LOYAL TO APS SIZE DIGITAL CAMERA SENSORS
A high-level Nikon exec says only APS size sensors will be used in all digital Nikons, amateur and professional. Research on 24x36mm sensors would go on but a product is not forthcoming in their plans. He said sensor size would not make the difference in picture quality. However, Nikon’s digital camera plans envision a broad field of different types of digital SLRs based on the needs of the photographer—advanced amateurs, beginners, photographers requiring high operational speed, and those needing highest resolution. In terms of future megapixels, Nikon foresees the next jump from 6 megapixels will be to over 8, with non-SLRs using 3.2. Nikon will probably have a special line of small, light lenses specifically designed to cover the APS digital format.

CANON GOES 24x36 SENSOR FOR PRO SLRS, APS FOR AMATEUR
Canon identified better saturation, greater ISO range, easier use of wide-angle lenses, and less noise as some of the reasons for preferring 24x36mm CMOS sensors for pro cameras. Canon predicted the cost of such sensors might drop slightly, but would remain sufficiently high to put them out of amateur range, where APS-size sensors would continue to rule. Aside from some special wide-angle lenses, Canon doesn’t expect to field an entire range of APS-dedicated lenses. Instead, Canon thinks digital camera owners will continue to use the standard array of Canon lenses, present and future.

Bron: Popular Photography

Op basis van deze informatie is de volgende conclusie gerechtvaardigd: De grote digitale hype is voorbij, de hysterie bedaart, en digitale en analoge fotografie zullen rustig naast elkaar bestaan. (Finally people are coming back to their senses, not sensors.)