Attached Link: http://www.discover.com/dec_02/featphoto.html

There is a new article on the X3 Sensor at the above link. It sounds promising. With the recent topic of digital cameras I thou y'all might want to read up. From the article: Phil Askey, whose exacting equipment tests on his Web site, dpreview.com, are must reading in the trade, says, "This could be the first sensor to truly surpass film." Interesting... Magick Michael

The funny thing is in the small image comparisons......The film sample is not really a true representation of the film. It is actually a representation of the CCD of the scanner used to get the image digital. no way to really compare this except IN PERSON. Still very interesting though...and it is WAY better than CCD or CMOS. thanks for the link.

if they can find a way to really sell cameras at 1800$, which which would make it that it cost about 1/3rd as much as a D100, and still have double to triple the quality and size of pictures taken with a D100, I'll collect enough feces over my life required to fill up a swimming pool and jump off the high diving board. And I remember reading up on X3 about a year ago... and the magic word "interpolate" was in there...

Merrill sees his job as "making a list of all the reasons people don't already own a digital camera and knocking them down one by one." I say bloody hurry up Merrill get the quality up the price down. :0)

Attached Link: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/1ds/1ds-notes.shtml

Oh yes, the Foveon chip... Very interesting technology, but only time will tell whether it will survive. To me, the most important evolution to watch is the "full frame" chip (implemented in the Canon 1Ds): you really should read about the awesome quality (and price tag) of that particular marvel of technology. The 1Ds is rapidly becoming a reference for professional DSLR's and it's still based on "old" CMOS technology. the folks over at www.luminous-landscape.com are very enthousiatic about it.

Just what I thought...the X3 IS a CMOS chip. Sounds cool, but I think I'll wait a few "generations" when they get better and cheaper.....besides I am still wating for my CCD based camera to show up....