Digital BW, The Print

Well I think the cloud thing has kinda been beat to death.. were all big boys n girls so whatever we do is just fine.. 

So moving over..Last week a shooter brought of several images all of which except a few were product shots done in the studio.. he also had a few model shots and  a few scenics on the card.. 

I have to be honest with you guys I've heard the term Foveon sensor but really had no clue ..so most here are way ahead of me would be my guess.. They were all shot with a Sigma SD1 15 MP camera.. So a 3 layered sensor each being 15MP.. NO BAYER PATTERN.. I had to install some software he brought with him to initially process the images then output them so I could bring into PS and LR.. Once thru all that I  got to really look at the images.. they were quite frankly pretty awesome.. I was looking at tonality transitions that just seemed really incredibly smooth, way punchier colors from the git go and the sharpness of these images was mind blowing.. So you get the drift.. Also apparently you can remove the IR filter from this camera easily.. 

Ok so to get to it ...why is this set up in the closet..I just don't get why this technology has not been embraced. I am really trying to dig into this a bit so I figure their must be some experience on this group with it.. I did a post on the IR group and got no responces at all. It was as if they never heard of it.  Are any of you familiar or experienced with it? 

jimbo