Digital BW, The Print

> From: Truman Prevatt [mailto:tprevatt@...]
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> You need to differentiate preference over technical performance. From
> the reviews I saw the SD9 had better resolution an any of the current
> crop of 6 meg DSLR's and if you stay within the dynamic range of the
> sensor the color resolution seems much better. Whether you like it or
> not is a different issue. I have a friend who still perfers the sound of
> vinyl LP's over CD's.

Well, sure. It's an unavoidable trade-off: you can either have the extra
sharpness, or you can smooth out the jaggies. Since the more popular
digicams have a filter, people can mistakenly assume that the Foveon chip is
somehow unusually sharp, but it really isn't. Don't get me wrong, I think
it's a fabulous technology, and it could well be the wave of the future, but
I prefer having a filter of the sensor, because it avoids some distinctly
digital looking artifacts.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...