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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Sorry, I simply don't agree with "bigger, cheaper and better" being supplied by whom-ever might step into Kodak's commercial shoes...well apart from the cheaper bit 
Some technologies are very vertical...and in case your name is Gilligan, you could be excused for missing the bean counter induced demise of, well let's take aerospace, the SR-71, Concorde and Space Shuttle...with zippo following in their footsteps.
Your average Joe just doesn't need a 39Mp sensor. Those that do ( have a real need...eg. medical imaging ) might soon find themselves paying a truckload more for some very specialized technology... They can afford it.
Just look at the prices Fairchild and similar are charging already.
As for backyard astronomer-imagers.... Interesting times ahead.... |
Peter, Peter. Your reply here is to say the least short sighted. If a market exists for CCD's in the sizes manufactured by Kodak I feel sure someone somewhere will fill the void and not at the prices asked for by Fairchild etc. The market will eventually settle whatever the end result of the proposed Kodak demise. Kodak are far from basic in their pricing of CCD's as it stands today and I am certain some Chineese company is already looking at the demise of Kodak and planning their own move into this market. Kodak were not making these CCD's because there was no margin in their manufacture but quite the opposite and be it Sony or some as yet unknown group, the legacy of the Kodak CCD development and patents will be sold on to someone who can see value in it.
Prices may vary a bit but in the end it will stabalise where ever the market dictates.