I saw a Foveon studio digital studio camera a couple of years ago. It had a
laptop computer built in and cost $50,000. Don't remember any of the specs
but it was impressive. /jnm
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From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mike Cormier
Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 12:17 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] OT trivia question about digital
You might want to look into a company called Foveon. They developed a chip
called the X3 which differs from CCD chips in that it uses CMOS technology
and 3 color sensors imbedded at differing depths in the silicone at each
pixel location, effectively trippling the color rendition and resolution as
compared to a similarly sized CCD which uses a mosaic pattern much like the
shutter curtain of an OM-2. Additionally, these chips can be easily and
CHEAPLY manufactured in almost ANY size, including MF 6x6, etc. More
cameras should be coming out with this technology soon, which is to say once
the major manufacturers run out of their huge and expensive stockpiles of
CCD chips which will become obsolete/useless once the X3 takes hold.
Hope this helps...
>From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] OT trivia question about digital
>Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 14:05:44 -0400
>
>Yes, but pricey($10,000+ and/or slow (minutes of exposure using a scanning
>back, one scan per colour).
>
>Tom
>
>On Friday, July 19, 2002 at 16:42, bsandyman@xxxxxxx
><olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>wrote re "[OM] OT trivia question about digit" saying:
>
> > Are there any medium or large format digital systems?
> >
> > I ask because it seems to me that the main reason
> > digital is derided is because of resolution. The most
> > obvious way to deal with that is to make a bigger fiml
> > back.
> >
> > So does anyone make large digital film backs?
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