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<blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 67884" data-attributes="member: 9521">Film cameras relative to each other are not old or new technology, both use the same film and both can use a new type of film. However this comparison doesn't apply to digital cameras because the internal driver of digital cameras are their image processor. In the case of the D90, it's not the 12MP's nor the bells and whistles that make the camera old technology, it's the image processor. This is the area in which the claim of old vs. new technology has validity. The D90 uses the EXPEED-1 image processor, which was state of the art in its day but has been superseded by EXPEED-2 and EXPEED-3. Does this mean the D90 takes bad photos, not at all. But the technology used to render these photos is based on older technology. It's a shame that cameras are not like computer towers where you can simply pull the old CPU card out and replace it with a newer CPU card. I doubt this will ever be the case because no one would buy a new body, they'd just update their older bodies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave_W, post: 67884, member: 9521"] Film cameras relative to each other are not old or new technology, both use the same film and both can use a new type of film. However this comparison doesn't apply to digital cameras because the internal driver of digital cameras are their image processor. In the case of the D90, it's not the 12MP's nor the bells and whistles that make the camera old technology, it's the image processor. This is the area in which the claim of old vs. new technology has validity. The D90 uses the EXPEED-1 image processor, which was state of the art in its day but has been superseded by EXPEED-2 and EXPEED-3. Does this mean the D90 takes bad photos, not at all. But the technology used to render these photos is based on older technology. It's a shame that cameras are not like computer towers where you can simply pull the old CPU card out and replace it with a newer CPU card. I doubt this will ever be the case because no one would buy a new body, they'd just update their older bodies. [/QUOTE]

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