Digital BW, The Print

> From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@...]
>
> 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.

No, the color filters are part of the chip, as the sensors are only a few
microns across, and the filter alignment needs to be essentially perfect.
You could never do that with a removable sensor. The anti-alias and IR
filter is what's mounted above the chip.

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