''how long before a better model comes out?''
Probably tomorrow.....
The digital camera is an evolving product.
As new technology is developed, it is incorporated.
If you wait until you know that something will not be outdated, you will be dead and buried.
Your headstone will read....''He never owned a digital camera''.
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You can however, buy a 12.2 megapixel camera today.
The Nikon D2X.
The price is $5,000
Here are some outstanding bird shots by a photographer in England.
Some are taken with the D2X.
She used a 300mm-800mm Sigma zoom lens (another $5,000).
http://www.suesbirdphotos.co.uk/bird_species.htm
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I'm about to pull the trigger and buy a new Canon EOS 20D (8.2 megapixel) digital camera to replace my Canon A-1 film camera system. I have a lot invested in lenses, filters and other accessories that I will be kissing goodbye when I go digital. My wife asked an interesting question, "how long before a better model comes out?" Then I read a prediction in a 2005 how-to book that 11 megapixel cameras will soon become commonplace...
I'm getting ready for a photography trip to Big Sur next week. Should I buy this new Canon now or buy more film and wait until next year for 11 megapixels?

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