On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:28:09 -0500, "Kevin and Susan Brackett" wrote:

>How significant is the reduction in CCD size? Have you worked with a Sony
>camera with a CCD that small in it? Is it such a big deal for the home user
>that I should seriously consider just getting one of the current models.
>Don't know much about the practical impact of this CCD issue so I appreciate
>any help you can offer.

All else being equal, a reduction in CCD size would result
in a lessening in the low-light range the camera can shoot
in, and if the lens remains the same, in a narrowing of the
angle of view at the "wide" end of the zoom range (these
zooms are never really wide-angle to begin with...).
There are no "+'s" to CCD size-reduction except possibly
in price...