Comments on: Is the USA tech heaven or tech hell? http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/06/20/is-the-usa-tech-heaven-or-tech-hell/ News and Updates on the Community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:19:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tamlyn http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/06/20/is-the-usa-tech-heaven-or-tech-hell/comment-page-1/#comment-698 Tamlyn Thu, 28 Jun 2007 12:16:15 +0000 http://community.plus.net/blog/2007/06/20/is-the-usa-tech-heaven-or-tech-hell/#comment-698 When I shelled out £1000 for a 6 megapixel Nikon D70 (I got one of the first units sold in the UK) my analogue photographer friends turned their noses up saying "it'll be useless in a year and you'll need to buy the next model". Three and a half years later it's still my only camera and I can't really imagine what use 12mp can be. What I hope is now that the technology has progressed this far, the focus will be on usability and interoperability. Instead of adding features we will never need, make the ones we do need work better. Please? When I shelled out £1000 for a 6 megapixel Nikon D70 (I got one of the first units sold in the UK) my analogue photographer friends turned their noses up saying "it'll be useless in a year and you'll need to buy the next model". Three and a half years later it's still my only camera and I can't really imagine what use 12mp can be.

What I hope is now that the technology has progressed this far, the focus will be on usability and interoperability. Instead of adding features we will never need, make the ones we do need work better. Please?

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