The "upgrade" from the Nikon D70 to the D70s was an LCD monitor (mostly); this month, the Canon 20D's successor the 30D has similar minor improvements, and get this: a bigger LCD screen. This counts for innovation these days? Not a better CCD or CMOS sensor, overall speed, megapixels, full-frame viewing, nor price reductions? It appears the best innovation in digital photography is: bigger screens? Huh.
Looks like that Japanese birth-rate problem affecting their brain-trust was in effect a while ago. Not that anything out of Detroit is worth mentioning. Heck, even Silicon Valley can only come up with "Web 2.0" drag-and-drop interfaces. Ah, we're going to Hell in a handbasket!
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iomatic @ Mar 15th 2006 11:40AM
So it's just a screen upgrade?
Hmm.
I spy with my little eye, a trend.
The "upgrade" from the Nikon D70 to the D70s was an LCD monitor (mostly); this month, the Canon 20D's successor the 30D has similar minor improvements, and get this: a bigger LCD screen. This counts for innovation these days? Not a better CCD or CMOS sensor, overall speed, megapixels, full-frame viewing, nor price reductions? It appears the best innovation in digital photography is: bigger screens? Huh.
Looks like that Japanese birth-rate problem affecting their brain-trust was in effect a while ago. Not that anything out of Detroit is worth mentioning. Heck, even Silicon Valley can only come up with "Web 2.0" drag-and-drop interfaces. Ah, we're going to Hell in a handbasket!