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RE: [Digital BW] Monochrome sensors (was: Can a Color densitometer be used for B&W?)

2004-09-27 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: koloshor [mailto:wiz@...]
>
> I'm currently destroying sensors in cruel and inhuman attempts to
> achieve exactly that.
>
> The "witches brew" is a hot solvent that flushes out the
> microlenses and the RGB color filters. Then there's the task of
> resealing the chip...
>
> I'm also tinkering with using a high power UV light source (built
> for curing UV sensitive adhesives) to fade the filters, hopefully
> without turning the microlenses opaque.

Interesting. Doesn't the chip have glass passivation under the plastic
stuff?

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

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