Digital BW, The Print

So as just one examle, you are saying that the Foveon technology does not need to be 
white balanced? Setpoints and curves adjusted?  

I'll bet that just like every other manufacturer, they use a proprietary file format for their 
'raw' files. Hence, the need for native support for that format. Just like jpg, tiff, eps, etc. 

Nearly every pro I know using pro quality digital today is shooting in 'raw' file mode. The 
advantages are just too great to ignore.

Greg

> > 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.
> 
> Let me clarify this so there is no misunderstanding.  There is
> absolutely no relation between what you are calling the "CURRENT
> digital camera 'RAW' format files" (which all are not the same), and
> what you will get as raw data out of the Foveon.  This is assuming you
> are not talking about scanning backs/cameras, but cameras with Bayer
> pattern CCDs.  If you understand the structure of the current CCDs
> (the Bayer pattern) as well as how the Foveon sensor is architected,
> it is obvious why.
> 
> The BIG "feature" with the Foveon chip is it uses three sensors per
> pixel, and as such, eliminates the need to process the Bayer pattern
> RGBG sensor data.  Given that, the Foveon SHOULD return full color
> values, as in each pixel contains N bits of red, green and blue per
> pixel.  Given that, the raw data files from the Foveon are just like
> those from a scanning digital camera back (or for that matter, a film
> scanner), NOT like the raw data files from Bayer pattern cameras...so
> my point is, the only thing that is raw about the Foveon sensors
> returned data in raw mode is purely the pixel values.  The need for
> the Bayer pattern processing is unnecessary and is therefore
> eliminated, and therefore the raw data returned is entirely different,
> and has no bearing on the "current" digital camera raw format...as you
> apparently believe.
> 
> That is why I don't understand what special support would be required
> by anyone to use these files, and why I believe the Microsoft claim of
> "support" is bogus.
> 
> Austin
> 
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