Even though this came out in 2006 it is still a good look into the future of digital photography.
Some say the megapixel race will stop, just as people used to think that 8- bit, 16-bit or 32-bit computers would be enough. The problem with that reasoning is all the smart engineers who wake up every day looking for a competitive edge by turning computing power into something worth buying. I’m betting that they will succeed, because there are so many opportunities.
So far, camera designers have focused on vital but mundane tasks, like producing picture quality equal to that of film. Professionally, my 16-megapixel Canon is vastly better than film.
Yet why stop at film?
Source: International Herald Tribune
Written by Nathan Myhrvold, The New York Times
Nathan Myhrvold is former chief technology officer of Microsoft and a founder of Intellectual Ventures, an invention and investment firm.
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