Digital BW, The Print

Austin, Paul, et al.,

Thanks for your observations on the 'monochrome sensor' thread. As a result,
I've become even more intrigued by the thought of how the Bayer color
filters are deposited/positioned and co-ordinated with the IR filters, the
moire low-pass filters and the microlenses that focus the light more
vertically into the sensors.

Bob Frost.


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From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@...>

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.