Digital BW, The Print

Argh, Jerry,

> For all practical purposes Derek, the Foveon 3 megapixel is equal in all
> respects to a 9 megapixel chip, because of its unique design.

Absolutely not.

> I've I've
> seen side by side comparisons of huge enlargements and the foveon is
> sharper than the D60.

So what?  I can make an enlargement of a two pixel image and it will be
"sharper" than the D60.  Sharpness is an exceptionally bad metric.  It may
be the attribute YOU consider important in an image, but it is not an
attribute of the quality of the imaging device, period.

Austin