Originally posted by Aristophanes Plaid is bad.
Falconeye, are you from the future?
To be honest, I am born in the past
At least, this is what I've been told
Seriously though, digital hasn't changed cameras in the past ten years. It reminds me of what happened to cell phones: Over ten years, they became smaller and got more gimmicks but fundamentally, didn't change. Industry was so keen to embrace micro progress. Look at Nokia. It required somebody to sit back and think it over, starting from some point in the past. It became the iPhone which WAS a change. It was a change because it is fun rather than pain to use. So, I am not convinced that the winning digital camera type has emerged already. One thing I know for sure: None of the existing camera types creates a "yes, this is it" emotion within me.
Note that the iPhone is 10% vision only. But 90% execution. Which is why a better camera type would require somebody to actually obsessively believe and bring to perfection before presenting it. Which is what makes such things so hard and rare and difficult to finance. But it could make somebody take over the camera industry ... Because the real thing isn't marketed yet. Also, it is still too early because sensors and electronics still is a significant portion of cost.