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Mo' Betta
Are We There Yet?
Photographer Michael Friedman, writing in a thread called "16.7MP. Now What?" in the Canon 1D/1Ds forum on dpreview.com, asked what struck me as a very interesting question. He phrased it much better, of course, but essentially it was: Are we there yet?
In other words, what more do we need? What improvements come next? What should camera makers strive for? (He specifically asked people not to mention price, as we all know we always want things to cost less.)
Most of the responses were in the mo' betta department: still more megapixels; more dynamic range (DR); bigger sensors; higher sensitivity and longer exposures with less noise; generally more, more, more, and better, better, better.
One structural change I'm reasonably sure of is that eventually we'll lose the reflex mirror. The viewfinder will see what the lens sees, but not optically. That will merge current SLR through-the-lens advantages with a live LCD.
Many people have mentioned great DR...

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