Um, in response to Rick "way-cool" Sammon, since when is Bill
Gates an expert in digital imaging technology? The only
expertise Bill Gates has, that I know of, is in buying out
his competition... But enough of that. This new technology
is interesting in that it can produce much denser photo-
sensors; three times as dense as current tech.

What I'd love to see this company do is to produce a line
of affordable "digital backs" for popular 35mm SLRs. The
sensor would have to be the size of a 35mm frame (36x24mm)
and would be embedded in a replacement back cover for
SLRs such as Nikon N- and F- series cameras, and of course
my Pentax K1000! The empty space where the film cartidge
would go could provide space for the support electronics.

The difficulty in this, and hence the expence, would be in
growing substrates large enough to fill a 35mm frame. I
guess the only thing I can hope for then is that the Foveon
technology will drive the price of current CMOS tech down
to the point that CMOS sensors of 36x24mm size will become
affordable enough to produce inexpensive digital backs.