Exactly! The ads suggest the Foveon chip is capable of amazing performance,
but test reports have not reflected that at all.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane,
Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:22 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: Foveon X3
>
> Read the reviews of the Sigma SD9 and SD10.
>
> Theory = Good
> Results = Bad
>
> Tom
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gareth.J.Martin" <g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "om" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:05 AM
> Subject: [OM] Foveon X3
>
>
>>
>> Dear All,
>> I was just reading some of the more recent posts and a few
>> mentioned the Foveon X3 chip. I've heard of it but didn't know what it
>> is so i had a good read of their website. Foveon seem to make some major
>> claims about how their chip is like film and produces results comparable
>> to film. I can seem how the chip could be much better than an ordinary
>> CCD or CMOS chip but am a little dubious. Has anyone any experience in
>> using the Foveon X3 chip and if so does it produce better, more
>> emulsion-like quality images? What about capturing highlights and
>> lowlights too? Sorry, just curious! Thanks in advance.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Gareth.
>>
>
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