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I was just checking over at dpReview.com and saw that Kodak has just announced a 39 MP sensor for medium format cameras. Pretty cool, huh? I know that doesn't automatically translate into better photos, but for all the techno-geeks here, it may be of interest. They also just announced a new program for "pro" photographers for Apple computer users. Yeay, gotta check that one out. :)

I have a question for you Kort....WHERE DO YOU FIND THE TIME FOR ALL THIS???? All the commenting you do, all the photos you finish....all the threads you participate in....all these links you dig up for the rest of us...HOW???? Im soooooooo impressed by you. Thanks for this linky by the way....lord knows im a gadget-geek. #:o)

Funny I was reading about the aperture program this morning, wow the system specs seem pretty high. There is some debate whether allowing users to directly edit RAW files is a good idea, however as it states the original file is not edited so I dont see a problem with it, unless there is something that I dont know or understand (probably lol) I guess though that the final image would yield a superior quality edited from the RAW file (speculation) My main concern would be can you dump mistakes easily or would you have to start over from the Original RAW file. Personally I dont use Mac so I dont know enough to pass comment on whether these sys specs are necessary. Also I am happy with the PS workflow as it is. As for the 39MP digi back, now I dont know much about that either, but would think that this would be approaching a 100MB 8bit TIFF final image (huge) not to mention trying to work on it without a massive/tiled monitor lol What I do know is that pixel density plays a big part with image quality, so more pixels does not necessarily mean better images but the size of the pixels may, smaller pixels let in less light so the tonal range may be reduced. Anyway I wonder what the physical limit on MP is for a given sensor size. Some have speculated that even from a compact sensor 45MP is possible. Better buy a consignment of memory cards in that case lol, and another 10 200Gig hard drives etc. I have just got a Canon 20D (swap out replacement for the 10D) which puts out 23MB TIFF which are already big to work on. Not had time to play with it properly yet. Simon

You are welcome Andreas. To answer you, I don't get a lot done at work. Shhhh! :) Seriously though, I surf between projects and have a fast internet connection and fast computer. That helps immensly. I wish I could spend more time at RO, but probably already spend too much time here. ;o] Congrats on the 20D Simon, have fun playing with the new camera. Yeah, the system requirements for the Aperature program are on the high side, but it is designed for pros as they say, so high end equipment will be more readily available. As to that sensor size, I agree. I am perfectly happy with my 8MP image files...for now. 100MB, then all the layers when I start editing...yikes! =]

"100MB, then all the layers when I start editing...yikes! =]" LOL

Yes some of the images that I work on are getting close to and sometimes exceeding 200MB from the 10D 18MB files, and even then they are pretty basic images. Still got quite allot of stuff from the 10D to get through, so the new 20D stuff will probably just join the queue for now.

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Phase one is using the backs check em out.

Cool to see that, thanks for the link Dovid! :)

Amazing read. Seems like a bit of pixel overkill there, but I'm probably just jealous. Thanks for interesting posting. -peace