writes:

>That makes sense to me. Now that the ST7E is available, which is about
as
>sensitive as the ST6, it only makes sense to retire the ST6. I am sure
>there will still be special applications where the ST6 will be the
camera
>of choice. But I can't see why anyone would go with the ST6 now that it
>has lost it's advantage of QE and blue sensitivity to the new Kodak E
chips
>which provide less noise and higher resolution.

The biggest reason is most users are using shorter f ratios scopes
causing the sales of the ST-6 to fall. The St-6 was happiest at a f/ratio
of 10 using that big pixel size. It was the camera of its era but
technology as you said has over taken it................it is still a
great camera....................ric

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