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Re: [Digital BW] Foveon camera

2002-03-19 by Jerry Olson

A story I read on the chip said it would triple the quality for half the price.

Jerry



Pics4U@... wrote:

> You mean it ISN'T three times better? Geeze, their marketing of the '3x' technology
> is working already. They ought to give that marketing guy a bonus.
>
> Greg
>
> > 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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