October 2005

Kodak Cranks Out 39-megapixel CCD

Topic: Cameras

Though the company has long since shifted its camera-making focus to the low-to mid-range consumer market, Eastman Kodak announced yesterday that it has produced two new CCDs that set a new high-water mark for imaging power. The 31.6- and 39-megapixel image sensors will be offered to camera and camera-body manufacturers, and may begin appearing in some professional digicams some time in 2006. The good news for the rest of us is that by almost doubling performance at the highest-end of the CCD spectrum, Kodak’s new sensors may indirectly help push costs down for consumer-grade CCDs.

It all started when I received an unsolicited email from this recruiter, who suggested I join the ranks of the inept……….in which I immediately responded that he was nuts to suggest that anyone with even a trivial grasp of current events [and past] and the facts, would even remotely consider joining the ranks of the inept and ignorant.

Here is his response to that, my response after and his final response [all unedited], which I will leave at that, allowing him to soak it all in……

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