Digital BW, The Print

> Austin, it is indeed a "3" megapixel camera, but has the quality of a 9
> Megapixel camera.
>
> Jerry

Hi Jerry,

The term "quality" is entirely subjective.  The Foveon POSSIBLY has higher
color fidelity (and that is debatable) as compared to a Bayer pattern
imaging sensor, but as far as anything else goes, no.  It certainly doesn't
have anywhere near the resolution that a 9M sensor Bayer pattern imaging
array does.  If you are making somewhat smallish prints, like 4x6, I'm sure
that a 3M Foveon and a 3M Bayer camera would look just about the same.

In really no way, subjective or not, does it have the "quality" of a 9M
"pixel" (which really means 9M sensors in a Bayer pattern in this case)
camera, unless the image is simply not large enough to distinguish any
difference.

Austin