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RE: [Digital BW] Foveon camera

2002-03-20 by Austin Franklin

You can't be talking about me?  I have FAR more than a clue what the raw
data out of digital cameras is, and if you think the "Foveon system" needs
some special recognition, you are mistaken.   The ONLY thing RAW means is
the bit depth.

Austin

> Spoken by someone that obviously doesn't have a clue what current
> digital camera
> 'RAW'  format files mean or what can be done with them  when
> using the proper
> software.
>
> I agree with others about this thread being clearly off topic for
> this group. Besides,
> it's getting boring. Like trying to pound nails into a steel plate.
>
> There's clearly an agenda at work that doesn't belong here.
>
> > Ah, more tidbits of...well...misinformation.  Does anyone have ANY
> > idea what so ever why Adobe would need to "recognize the Foveon
> > system"?  Why wouldn't it just work seamlessly already?  It's just
> > data in some image format... There have been different sensor types
> > out for 10+ years, both interline, one shot and scanning...and there
> > hasn't been ANY need to handle the data any differently for these in
> > the past 10 years, now, why, all of a sudden, does someone make some
> > claim that there is a "problem" that never existed before?  And, IMO,
> > doesn't exist today.

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