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[Digital BW] Re: Black and white only digital camera

2004-12-15 by tynmansystems

I agree. I have never been overly convinced that a monochrome 6 
megapixil sensor would be noticably sharper than an RGB-bayer-pattern 
6 megapixil sensor. The interpolation that occurs for RGB sensors is 
performed to maintain color accuracy, and shouldn't have a 
significant effect on sharpness. I.e., the effect might be 
measurable, but I'll bet not visible.

...Ben

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "tvalleau" 
<tracy@d...> wrote:
> Not sure, however, that a -single- channel of a RAW image would be 
any
> -less sharp- than the Foveon(sp?) leaving aside the limitation on 
the
> range of tones imposed the whatever color filter/channel is 
selected...
> 
> How about using sub-pixel adjustments for aligning the channels, if
> necessary?

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