Digital BW, The Print

In a message dated 2/26/2003 1:04:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com writes:

> s2 which has a real resolution of approximately 8 - 9 MP although being an 
> effective 6-mio bayer patterned photosite imager
> 
> Never said it was that much greater. Said it was a bit better than the
> D60 chip. Not a LOT better.
> 

The Foveon X3 is a little better than the D60 and only slightly better than 
the S2 in the sharpness department. It will also interpolate to a 14 
Megapixel file from it's RAW processing software, so it gives the new Canon 
11 MP a run for it's money. More importantly, what it doesn't have is moire 
patterns in my backlit veil and "killer pillow'" test which makes all single 
shot digital cameras tested here in the last 5 years (you name it) puke. Only 
the Sigma/X3, the original Foveon 3-chip prism camera, and the Kodak Pro Back 
with the Anti Aliasing filter have escapted the killer pillow intact.

Where the Foveon creations shine is when you make 40x50 canvases on a Big 
Epson. Everyone else falls apart at 30x40.

Claude Jodoin


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