Digital BW, The Print

Are far as missed opportunity is concerned, I think Foveon blew it by 
letting Sigma be the first with their technology.  Who is going out 
and buying into the Sigma system?  Sure, the lenses are fine, but you 
need to use the truly crappy Sigma body.  Hunt's Photo in 
Massachusetts stopped carrying the bodies because there were so many 
problems with them.  A $3000 investment in an inferior system is no 
investment at all.  Sure, the future may be Foveon, but it has to be 
based on a strong track record (Nikon, Canon), to get pro 
photographers to buy into it.

Frank

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., toomagenta@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 2/23/2002 8:51:41 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
> tomoc@y... writes:
> 
> 
> > Nikon has announced that they would announce some new camera at 
> > PMA... hard to tell if this is the only one, but this one is not 
> > available in stores yet.
> > 
> 
> Nikon news also has a 2mp coolpix announced today. That's it. The 
D100 and 
> the coolpix 2500. What will really be intriguing will be the Sigma 
with the 
> Foveon chip. If the reports are accurate, that is where my money 
will be 
> going. I think Nikon blew it by not going with the Foveon. Too bad.
> george J Kunze
> 
> 
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