Arthur Entlich wrote: > > Yes, it is made with National Semiconductor, and it is considered > equivalent to a 7 meg in current bayer pattern technology, although it > actually has 3.53 "million pixels". > > Due to the fact that each pixel records all three colors RGB, using > color filtration/separation caused by the natural characteristics of > silicon, it records much more color information for the same number of > pixels, and reduces the problem with artifacts, moir�, and false color. > It also eliminates a lot of the need for fast processors to calculate > the bayer pattern algorithms within the camera, which should reduce > costs tremendously over time. They plan to release a sensor with half > the resolution in 6 months or so, which will be equivalent of to about a > current 3.5 million pixel (about 3.1 megapixel???) sensor. > > So, say good-bye, not to film cameras, but to all those 1, 2 and 3 > megapixel cameras selling for hundreds of dollars too much. > > By the way, the first camera coming out with the first chip type (7 > million pixel equivalent) will be by Sigma, and sell for about $3000 US. > > Art
But doesn't it seem likely that companies like Sony, with a stake in existing CCD sensors, are likely to try to drive down the cost of "conventional" digital cameras, as a means of keeping an upstart like Foveon from gaining significant market share? Sounds like a price war is in the near future to me! We're likely to see just how cheaply a 4 M-pixel camera can be sold. -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
