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RE: [Digital BW] re: Monochrome Sensors

2004-07-29 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: Bob Frost [mailto:bob@...]
>
> Aren't all sensors monochrome? Surely they only 'see' color by putting
> colored filters over them.

The filters are physically deposited on the chip, not suspended over the
chip or clamped onto it mechanically. I would say that that would justify
calling them color sensors.

By the way, a while back, someone posted this link to a guy who will remove
the Bayer filter from certain cameras for a price.

	http://www.irdigital.net/index.html

I expect he uses some chemical means to remove the Bayer filter, but the web
site doesn't say.

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

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