--- In starfish_camera@yahoogroups.com, Bob Piatek <bobtek@...> wrote:
>
> It's been no secret that fishcamp engineering has planned to
leverage
> CMOS image sensors for the astro-camera market. There are
challenges
> to overcome but the benefits are many to being able to use CMOS
image
> sensors. One of the key benefits is that most of the R&D money
being
> spent today in the semiconductor business is in CMOS image sensors
> with less emphasis, over time, to the CCD sensors. In the coming
> years, I believe that the performance of CMOS sensors is likely to
> eclipse that of current CCD sensors and do so with a greater
feature
> set and less end-user cost.

Hi Bob, Speaking of cost, let us know a ball park figure of the new
camera and also the app. date of sale, Thanks,,,,,,,Frankie


>
> The following article is interesting in this regard. It shows the
> very dramatic shift of development dollars toward CMOS image
> sensors. The article can be found here:
>
> http://www.edn.com/article/CA6395964.html?nid=2437&rid=873875682
>
>
> Bob Piatek
>
> fishcamp engineering
> 105 W. Clark Ave.
> Orcutt, CA 93455
>
> http://www.fishcamp.com
> TEL: 805-937-6365
> FAX: 805-937-6252
>