Digital BW, The Print

Er it isn't foolish if the sensor delivers more than 8 bits per colour as 
then a non-24 bit colour format will be needed like 36-bit TIFF, and it would 
be perfectly logical to call it a raw format even if it isn't Beyer data.


On Wednesday 20 Mar 2002 1:55 pm, Austin Franklin wrote:
> > Gates publicly endorsed the new
> > technology, saying Microsoft is working with Foveon to provide native
> > support for X3 raw images from within the Windows XP operating system.
>
> What the hell does that mean?  How are X3 "RAW IMAGES" any different than
> any other images?  I thought that WAS the point with this sensor, that the
> data was in standard 3 color pixel format, and required no "support"?
>
> That is an unbelievably foolish statement, and is entirely laughable.  I
> can only guess he bought stock in the company, and had to come up with
> something to say...and that's the best he could do.
>
> Austin