that would be an (almost) trivial task if one was to hack dcraw. in fact, that would give you a choice of -- 0.5 res "green" image, or -- 0.25 res "red" or "blue" image.
if i only had time for that... mishka On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 22:34:21 -0500, J. C. O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While we are on the subject of Digital raw files I just > remembered something I wanted to ask for a while. > > Do all raw file conversion programs convert only > to color and up-rez the image? Reason I ask is > wouldn't there be some image qualtiy gains for > monochrome output by summing the 4 rgbg pixels > into one and outputting a true 1.5 Mpixel mono signal > (4 rgbg pixels per output pixels) instead of a > interpolated color signal that is later desaturated????? > > JCO > >

