Digital BW, The Print

Todd Flashner wrote:

>  on 2/7/02 12:53 AM, SKID Photography wrote:
>
> >> What I took from my question to Austin (Horses Mouth, about a week ago) is
> >> that these one shot cameras interpolate color, not detail.
> >>
> > I do not understand how one can separate 'color' information and 'detail'?
> > They are one and the same.  It's not like there are separate or different
> > parts that make up the image.
>
> Say your sensor is a grid of two sensors across by two down. In grayscale
> mode you get a 4 pixel capture. You have 4 pixels of detail, represented by
> one channel which has 4 pixels.
>
> If the camera then applies an algorithm to give each of those pixels an RGB
> component, that requires interpolation, and you'll end up 3 channels at 4
> pixels each.

Stop right there and you have your answer.  INTERPOLATED INFORMATION!
Not reality.  End of more real information.

Harvey Ferdschneider
partner, SKID Photography, NYC



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