Thanks to everyone who responded to my query about digicam technology. (One thing I guess I misunderstood in that NY Times article is that when it spoke of larger pixels, that ***apparently*** meant keeping the *number of pixels* more or less constant ... whereas I imagined that it meant keeping the *size of the sensor-bed* constant and thus lowering resolution.) --Dan _____________________________________________________________________ "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that certain je ne sais quoi." --Peter Schickele