Wednesday, August 20, 2003

Looks like Canon blew the doors off the existing digital SLR pricing model with their announcement of the Canon EOS-300D Digital Rebel. The key attributes of this camera are: 6 megapixel sensor with the same specs as the EOS10D, acceptance of over 50 EF lenses, seven point AD sensor, shutter speed range of 1/4000th down to 30 seconds, JPEG or RAW formats, built-in flash, lightweight plastic body, and supports CompactFlash I, II, and IBM microdrives. The body will be priced at US$899. They will be coming out with Digital Rebel-specific lenses just as Nikon has for its DSLRs, to reduce the problem with the CCD sensor capturing a smaller area than 35mm film. One difference is that these new lenses will not work in other Canon DSLRs because the Rebel's mirror was designed to move up and out of the way of the lens. The camera will be available in September. See DPreview coverage here. Steve's Digicams coverage Imaging Resource Rob Galbraith's article which points out the differences from the 10D nicely Or the MacCentral article. The $1000 mark was a magic number for a digital SLR to cross. I foresee many, many people shooting panoramas with these. 6:22:26 PM

The last frontier in virtual reality, simulating the sense of taste, has been conquered. This New Scientist article says Hiroo Iwata of the University of Tsukuba in Japan has come up with a device that simulates what it is like eating different foods. Now when will QuickTime support VRs containing olfactory and taste bud tracks? 7:00:01 AM

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