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RE: [Digital BW] From the horses mouth.

2002-01-29 by Austin Franklin

> No, I'm referring to 4 shot backs, which make 4 separate exposures per
> capture, one for each color.

Same thing, point is they have or do one pass per color...whether they use
tri-band CCDs or three passes.

> This eliminates color interpolation.

Exactly.

> One difference between (among many) 4shot backs and scan backs is
> that scan
> backs need continuous light sources, ie, tungsten, HMI, florescent, etc,
> while 4 shot backs can also utilize strobe.

Ah, good point!

Austin

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