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[OM] Re: Interesting fixed FL lens Sigma, with large Foveon sensor

Subject: [OM] Re: Interesting fixed FL lens Sigma, with large Foveon sensor
From: Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:59:56 -0800
The XA is only 35mm, but is still my goto lightweight climbing camera. 
The XA4 dis have a 28mm lens, but loses the rangefinder, and the lens 
(IMHO) is not the quality of the 35.

Jim Couch

Moose wrote:
> Tim Hughes wrote:
>   
>> Since I love wides, a pocketable 28mm equiv with a good lens and a large 
>> quality sensor is an
>> interesting idea. 
>>     
> XA? ;-)
>
> FF vs the roughly 4/3" of the DP-1.
> ------------------------------------
> More on the Foveon sensor. Here's what Dave Coffin, the author of dcraw, 
> the conversion engine underneath many RAW converters has to say:
>
> "The Foveon X3 Capture chip requires a different kind of interpolation. 
> Unlike CCD arrays, it captures three colors at every pixel location. But 
> the colors are not well separated, so the raw data looks very gray. Much 
> processing is needed to enhance color while suppressing noise."
>
> Moose
>
>
>   

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