Digital BW, The Print

actually they only remove the pice of filter that blocks out infra 
red, the sensor remains untouched.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. 
DeRocco" <pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > From: Bob Frost [mailto:bob@f...]
> >
> > 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.
> 
> --
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...