Yeah, that's a hell great idea, some tinny film camera with cell phone capability!!!!

>>In Canada and the US japs is pretty derogatory term for both japanese and jewish women.>>

Well..depends upon the context. There used to be a Kosher Japanese restaurant in NYC on 42nd street between 5-6th Avenue and the owners were t-shirts that said "JAP".

If you call a Jewish woman a JAP, it might be a put down, but it's not necessarily racist or anit-semetic. And if you say something like, "The Japs have come up with a great new camera," I don't think that is really racist either. It's sort of like saying, "The Yanks make some great rock music."

Owain, low end digital cameras use contrast detection (better cameras use phase detection which this doesn't seem like it would effect) to focus and normally with more light they are able to focus faster. This development may be able to improve focus speed for low end cameras like P&Ss.

I had the same thought as you though as it seemed the author doesn't really understand what he is talking about.

In Canada and the US japs is pretty derogatory term for both japanese and jewish women.

How do you blokes feel about Brits?
Or for that matter, Poles, Jerries, Russkies, Frenchies, Canucks, Yanks, Rebs (they fought the yanks) Bennies; and on, and on. 

Derivative national descriptors aren't racist.

None of the above including Jappo describes a race in a derogatory fashion just a nationality. And in fact it isn't even derogatory. 

However if you use a term like Yankee scum you would either be talking about Derek Jeter because you're a Red Sox fan or you are Osama Bin Laden just getting his rocks off.


Please.


You are racist.

FYI - "Japs" is considered derogatory outside the UK .

Go to Wikipedia and look it up.

The lag that you're talking about has to do with all of the other circuitry in the camera, not the sensor. A DSLR using the same generation of image sensor is much, much more responsive than your point and shoot. What you want is for camera makers to make cameras that focus and meter more quickly... that's all. I'm going now.