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RE: [Digital BW] Shooting digital vs. film

2002-09-05 by Austin Franklin

> > Possibly, but I'm holding out for 16 ;-)  But...I shoot mostly B&W and
> every
> > 35mm digicam is "that" Bayer pattern color CCD (or the Foveon...anyone
> > really ever see one yet???), which isn't near as good for B&W as
> > film...perhaps someone will come up with a straight B&W 35mm
> body at some
> > point in time...but I'm not holding my breath.  It's a pretty niche
> market.
>
> Kodak has (or recently had) exactly that; a B&W version of one of
> their 35mm
> bodied digital cameras.

Hi Moreno,

It wasn't 16M pixel if I remember correctly.  The ones I know of are real
BEASTS though...  What model number are you talking about?

Regards,

Austin

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