Digital BW, The Print

Bob and Paul,

> > 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.

I would say the sensors we are discussing (standard CCD/CMOS sensor arrays,
not Foveon) are monochrome, whether the sensor has a color filter over it or
not...as monochrome means "one color", so even with an R, G or B filter over
it, the sensor elements them selves are monochrome sensors.  As opposed to
the entire sensor array, which may or may not be monochrome.

Regards,

Austin