Digital BW, The Print

But just thing of it -

a. higher sensivity (all the sensor elements would see all the light)
b. true resolution not some trumped up estimate based on interpolation
c. less noise at the same ISO (see a. )
d. more artistic control through the use of filters
e. much less in camera S/W and processor complexity
f.. fewer knock down drag out fist fights on the forum over RGB to B&W 
conversion ;-).

Truman


Austin Franklin wrote:

> Truman,
>
> > However, wouldn't it be nice if someone made a B&W digitical camera -
> > then 6 megapixesls would rally be six megapixels. The processing would
> > be minized since you would not need to worry much about white balance
> > (could use a filter to do that).  A true B&W digital camera.
>
> There were a couple of Kodak digital cameras that were monochrome, but I
> don't believe they went as high as 6M pixels.  The Leaf Lumina is a 6M 
> pixel
> (true 6M pixels, as it is a scanning camera), and does grayscale...but 
> your
> subjects have to stand very still ;-)  The images are superb from it.  I
> also have a 7k scanning back for my Hasselblad, and in monochrome 
> mode, the
> images are nothing less than superb...but it's only good for studio 
> work, as
> it's a scanner.
>
> I agree, I wish someone made their Bayer filters so they were removable.
> The filters are separate from the actual sensor arrays, they are not
> built-in to the sensor array, they are on top of it, and therefore *could*
> be removed (or simply replaced with a neutral density filter) if someone
> really wanted to make the effort...but the issue is the software wouldn't
> know how to deal with it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Austin
>
>