I'd never say that...

Writing a new article on the effect of accelerating technology on the broadcast and production industries.

It's inevitably going to mention the Red One, which has almost singlehandedly validated a prediction I made about five years ago in Camcorder User Magazine: that soon (in about five years, actually) there would be no real distinction between digital still and digital video cameras. This was at a time when small digital compact cameras had a res of between two and four megapixels; but even those pitiful resolutions are still HD in video terms.

I was told at the time by people in the industry that you'd never be able to get the information off the sensors quickly enough for video.

So, here's my tip for making predictions: whenever someone says "never", just substitute "about five years".