much has happened in two months since the german digital photography tradeshow photokina. finally, but only in japan, the sigma SD9 is shipping, the greatest imaging camera on the planet, including all 35 mm cameras. if you shoot medium format, you don’t have to worry yet.
kodak and olympus announced a new DSLR standard initiative. they realize that the large 35 mm film plane is too great for future CMOS development, and companies know how to cram more transistors into smaller spaces, not larger spaces, so yes you’ll have to buy all new lenses, but at least they should work across multiple digital bodies (nikon, canon, pentax, etc.) so you can work similarly to 35 mm today. i like it. read about how in 2001 these two imaging companies announced that they will share patents, and in 2002 how they will make the new standard. i like kodak E100VS and E100SW ektachrome film very much. i still have a few rolls left, just enough to get me to the foveon or i hope the 4/3 system of kodak/olympus/fuji. still shoot good old film until august 2003!
