Digital BW, The Print

Steve Kale wrote:

>I should caveat the below with the fact that I do think Foveon style chips
>represent a huge opportunity within the current 35mm format.  The question
>is whether the Canon/Nikon guys are prepared pay for such a re-engineering
>of their chip design and whether it can be cost effectively produced - or
>whether a theoretically better design technology simply fails to get the
>traction it deserves and ultimately dies.
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So far the Bayer type chips make faster progress in resolution than the 
Foveon type. Compared to one another the Bayer sensor needs 2x the 
sensor count to stay equal to the Foveon quality. That's what the 
DPreview tests show. The DSLRs with Bayer chips are now at 12, 14, 16.7 
MP, there's no 6 MP Foveon DSLR announced as far as I know.  The 
Polaroid compacts with a Foveon chip are having problems. All in all not 
a good start.

Ernst