Digital BW, The Print

send him to Leica!
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> From: "daschkenas" <daschkenas@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 22:54:52 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Foveon digital chip
> 
> I posted something about this a few days ago, but didn't see it
> come up.
> The developer of the Foveon chip is lecturing at Carnegie mellon
> Univ. tomorrow at 4;30.
> A professor, here at CMU who is a good friend of the developer
> gave me a call to let me know about the lecture.  I had
> photographed the CMU prof., this past year for an assignment,
> and we started talking about digital photography, and he
> mentioned his friend < Carson Mead, to me  the guy who started
> Foveon, who just partnered with Sigma to use their X# chip in the
> new cameras.  I told this prof, that its too bad Foveon couldn't
> partner up with one of the bigger professional camera
> companies like Nikon or Cannon, he said that Carson
> approached these companies, but they were too conservative,
> and showed no interest!!!!
> Well according to an interview with Carson Mead in todays PGH
> Post Gazette newspaper, it sure seems like this guy is a genius
> who more than know what he's talking aboout
> To paraphrase a quote from Carson Mead talking about the
> conventtionl way manufacturers are making chips, quote "they
> are attempting to do this like they are brain dead".  He has a
> better and simpilier idea which looks like  his methods will
> revolutionize digital photography.
> David in PGH
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