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Re: [Digital BW] Foveon camera

2002-03-19 by Derek Clarke

What half the price?

The sensor may be half the price, but it's not carrying through to the cost 
of the camera...

And you're still overstating the quality gain IMO. Yes, it's an advance, but 
it isn't "triple the quality".

On Monday 18 Mar 2002 5:17 pm, Jerry Olson wrote:
> Because if the foveon chip was in a nikon or canon camera they would have
> the triple the quality they could get in an ordinary chip for half the
> price, just like the sigma/foveon Camera

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