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Chuck Norcutt
On 2/6/2011 12:19 PM, Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: Chuck Norcutt<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> Since there are really only 5 million photo receptor sites it seems to
>> me that this has to sacrifice resolution for the sake of "better" color.
>
> You mean as opposed to Bayer-sensor cameras, that "synthesize" 3/4ths of
> their pixels, because it takes four sensor pixels to come up with one
> full-colour pixel?
>
> So by one way of thinking, a 5 megapixel full-colour sensor is equal to a 20
> megapixel Bayer-filtered sensor, no?
>
> Let's face it: it's all Shannon/Nyquist magic. Don't sweat the pixel count --
> all you have to ask, is, "Does the results of a vendor's particular form of
> magic please my eye, or not?"
>
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> Cross a mink with an octopus and you'll get a coat of arms. -- Lawrence Wasser
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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