vvizard
5th of April 2004 (Mon), 23:01
Well, I got myself two big problems.. Getting to pack all my stuff, and getting enough sleep this night.. So I found out I couldn't do both.. But every problem got a solution.. I elimated problem two with beer :-P And just to be sure, I pack plenty of beer, so I can drink myself out of problems like... maybe beeing drunk while packing, and forgetting to pack extra underwear etc ;) Well.. Jokes aside (though the scary part, is that I'm not joking :/) Just glad I'm not the one driving the car ;)
But anyway, I got this crazy idea =D I thought about "problems" with DSLR's. And the fact that the image-sensor is there permanent to collect dust, instead of beeing "replaced" for each shot like with film. And of course, the fact that a decent DSLR cost a lot of money, and (at this "early" time) will be replaced by much higher megapixel models in a short time.. How could that be solved? By making "digital film". Just like regular film, but with image-sensors instead of slides.. Hell that would be expensive! It sure would.... now.. But think about the development in OLED-screens (which you can twist, bend and roll togheter) although a display and an image-sensor is not the same thing, I think there can be drawn parallells between them. Both use "pixels", and very easily said, they're quite like each others, but one emits light instead of absorbing it.
In not so distant future, they'll probably manage to make image-sensor equal in quality to 10D's, thin and flexible enough to "roll" 24 of them inside a canister, and you got yourself a digital film :) It would rule out several problems. Dust on one shot will only screw that single shot, not every other shots following it. You can keep your camera-body as long as they keep the "film"-format. The body will wear mechanical of course, but it won't be outdated, cause the amount of megapixels you got, can always be "upgraded" by buying "higher megapixel film". And when you need lowlight-capabilites, you just buy film with less pixel-densety, thus making each pixel physical larger, and therefore each pixel will absorb more light.
I'm I just "crazy-drunk" or was the idea quite cool? =)
But anyway, I got this crazy idea =D I thought about "problems" with DSLR's. And the fact that the image-sensor is there permanent to collect dust, instead of beeing "replaced" for each shot like with film. And of course, the fact that a decent DSLR cost a lot of money, and (at this "early" time) will be replaced by much higher megapixel models in a short time.. How could that be solved? By making "digital film". Just like regular film, but with image-sensors instead of slides.. Hell that would be expensive! It sure would.... now.. But think about the development in OLED-screens (which you can twist, bend and roll togheter) although a display and an image-sensor is not the same thing, I think there can be drawn parallells between them. Both use "pixels", and very easily said, they're quite like each others, but one emits light instead of absorbing it.
In not so distant future, they'll probably manage to make image-sensor equal in quality to 10D's, thin and flexible enough to "roll" 24 of them inside a canister, and you got yourself a digital film :) It would rule out several problems. Dust on one shot will only screw that single shot, not every other shots following it. You can keep your camera-body as long as they keep the "film"-format. The body will wear mechanical of course, but it won't be outdated, cause the amount of megapixels you got, can always be "upgraded" by buying "higher megapixel film". And when you need lowlight-capabilites, you just buy film with less pixel-densety, thus making each pixel physical larger, and therefore each pixel will absorb more light.
I'm I just "crazy-drunk" or was the idea quite cool? =)