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On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:55:38 -0700, Beladi Nasralla wrote:

> Casio announced a 6MP CMOS consumer camera which has a burst rate of
> 60 fps, and a VGA movie rate of 300 fps,
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07...asio300fps.asp
>
> The question is: who needs this fast consumer camera ? For a consumer,
> it is too fast anyeay, and for a professional, it is either too slow
> or the sensor is too small (or both).

Note that you didn't post an actual name or model number for this
camera. It's just a prototype at best, and is only meant to
generate "buzz" for Casio, and show that they may be trying to break
out of their low position in the camera world's pecking order. It's
similar to how Detroit would showcase their auto prototypes that
would either never make it to the marketplace, or do so in much
reduced or adulterated form, all the while getting the public's
notice and (supposedly) making their other, mundane products more
appealing. But don't think that the public wouldn't find a 60fps
burst rate appealing. Consider the amount of time between shots in
current camera burst rates. That's an awfully long time for sports
and other 'action' type shots, and makes it very likely that you'd
miss the shot you were hoping for. If your camera could take a fast
burst of 10 shots in less than 1/5th second, the odds that you'd
capture some of these fleeting moments would go up substantially.
BTW, don't pay much attention to the newsgroup's resident sock
puppet troll. Passing Through ... <(E-Mail Removed)> is a near
perfect name, since like most of the sock puppets, it's here today
and is likely to be gone tomorrow, replaced with a new nym designed
to protect its cowardly puppet master from being filtered.

ASAAR wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 01:55:38 -0700, Beladi Nasralla wrote:
>
> > Casio announced a 6MP CMOS consumer camera which has a burst rate of
> > 60 fps, and a VGA movie rate of 300 fps,
> > http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07...asio300fps.asp
> >
> > The question is: who needs this fast consumer camera ? For a consumer,
> > it is too fast anyeay, and for a professional, it is either too slow
> > or the sensor is too small (or both).
>
> Note that you didn't post an actual name or model number for this
> camera. It's just a prototype at best, and is only meant to
> generate "buzz" for Casio, and show that they may be trying to break
> out of their low position in the camera world's pecking order. It's
> similar to how Detroit would showcase their auto prototypes that
> would either never make it to the marketplace, or do so in much
> reduced or adulterated form, all the while getting the public's
> notice and (supposedly) making their other, mundane products more
> appealing.

<edited, for brevity>

Hello, ASAAR:

In the same vein, Kodak isn't going to produce consumer versions of
the exotic devices it supplies to NASA. <g>


Cordially,
John Turco <(E-Mail Removed)>

On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:38:04 -0500, John Turco wrote:

>> It's similar to how Detroit would showcase their auto prototypes that
>> would either never make it to the marketplace, or do so in much
>> reduced or adulterated form, all the while getting the public's
>> notice and (supposedly) making their other, mundane products more
>> appealing.
> . . .
>
> In the same vein, Kodak isn't going to produce consumer versions of
> the exotic devices it supplies to NASA. <g>

But . . . but . . . where is Kodak showcasing those devices,
which might help boost sales of their consumer devices? And if it's
NASA buying, would that be anything more exotic than Medium and
Large Format Instamatics? <g>

"Tube or not tube, that is the question." - George "Hamlet" Eastman.

ASAAR wrote:
>
> On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:38:04 -0500, John Turco wrote:
>
> >> It's similar to how Detroit would showcase their auto prototypes that
> >> would either never make it to the marketplace, or do so in much
> >> reduced or adulterated form, all the while getting the public's
> >> notice and (supposedly) making their other, mundane products more
> >> appealing.
> > . . .
> >
> > In the same vein, Kodak isn't going to produce consumer versions of
> > the exotic devices it supplies to NASA. <g>
>
> But . . . but . . . where is Kodak showcasing those devices,
> which might help boost sales of their consumer devices? And if it's
> NASA buying, would that be anything more exotic than Medium and
> Large Format Instamatics? <g>
>
> "Tube or not tube, that is the question." - George "Hamlet" Eastman.


Hello, ASAAR:

It appears that Kodak doesn't do much bragging, about its vast
know-how...except, perhaps, on its Web site:

KODAK: Science and Technology
<http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/researchDevelopment/index.jhtml?pq-path=2217/9861>

Please, show some respect, infidel! ;-)


Cordially,
John Turco <(E-Mail Removed)>