diverdon 1 Posted July 8, 2008 Canon to boost digital camera production with new plant in Japan. IndustryWeek (7/7, Selko) reported that "Canon Inc. announced...plans to build a new manufacturing plant in Japan, to boost production of digital single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras and compact digital cameras." The imaging and optical products "company said that both the current and expected demand has created a need to expand production capacity for digital SLR and compact digital cameras." The workforce for the new plant "will be made up primarily of directly hired employees to ensure the passing on of essential technologies and skills, with plans to actively and continually hire recent graduates and experienced personnel." http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=16733 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loftus 42 Posted July 8, 2008 (edited) Speaking to the Canon rep in Florida 2 weeks ago - I asked him what's next in DSLR's with image quality reaching a point of diminishing returns with each new upgrade. His reply was that the next big feature in DSLR's will be merging of video and still, along the lines of the RED camera. Canon should clearly have an edge over Nikon here as they already make video cams, so it should be interesting to see how Nikon keeps up. Edited July 8, 2008 by loftus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRC 2 Posted July 8, 2008 His reply was that the next big feature in DSLR's will be merging of video and still, along the lines of the RED camera. Would be nice to see some work on extending dynamic range of ccd's but I guess the effect would not be so visible to the average punter as the MP escalator or 'with added video' feature set. Have just dragged a D70 from the depths of a mates garage to play about a bit with IR (on the surface), that brought home to me just how far things have progressed noise wise when I compare it with my D300, so I guess it may all happen. Paul C Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loftus 42 Posted July 8, 2008 Would be nice to see some work on extending dynamic range of ccd's but I guess the effect would not be so visible to the average punter as the MP escalator or 'with added video' feature set. High speed RAW capture rates may effectively lead to the possibility of in-camera High Dynamic Range images, by combining multiple images of different exposures. The limiting factor of course is the amount of movement of the subject between images. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
