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"no one" <noone@nowhere.nohow.invalid> wrote in message
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> Charles wrote:
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>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 17:11:09 -0400, "Peter A. Stavrakoglou"
>> <ntotrr@optonline.net> wrote:
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>>>"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>Funny. Actually the Sigma SD7 (5.2 megapixel Foveon sensor) has been
>>>>rumored to be coming soon, but that was six months ago.
>>>
>>>They're hoping to have it by Christmas but most probably the beginning of
>>>next year. It is coming, there's no doubt about that.
>>
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>> something to put on my list. Right beneath silicon film.
>
> Well just to stir the pot a little ...
>
> Why would it be the SD7 if their first model was the SD9 and that was
> followed by the SD10? Wouldn't the logical progression be the SD11?
One might think that but the numbering system seems more akin to the body
size rather than a succession of numbers. The new SD will have a smaller
body than the SD9 and SD10. Although the model number is different, it is
an upgrade from the SD10, not a downgraded consumer model.