P3D Re: LCD's vs. Chrome's

[Vincent Chan <v7chan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Greg Wageman" <gjw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Anything developed for video will never, in our lifetime, achieve the
>image quality of a good film transparency.  

Don't know how long you plan to be living, but "never" seems rather definate.

>Current state-of-the-art video technology
>achieves more like 640x480, your average television maybe half that on a
>good day.

With the new CMOS technology, we can now get 1280x1024 digital still
cameras for under $250.  Which is a far cry from the >$1000 prices for CCD
cameras just a couple of years ago.

Current state-of-the-art technology, you can get S-VGA resolution glasses
that use LED's (millions on a tiny chip wafer, cheaper than LCD technology)
to actually project the image onto the back of the retina.  (kind of scary)
 Of course, the only people who can afford this right now is the military
and large companies, but its only time before we see this widely available.

Of course, I too enjoy developing my own prints, and will be sorry to see
the day when Kodak stops making film. 

Vincent.