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RE: [Digital BW] RE: Foveon/X3/Sygma (OT, sorry)

2002-02-12 by Austin Franklin

> Austin Franklin wrote:
>
> ...the top, that blue filter blocks green and red, and green
> >  filter blocks red
> >  and blue etc.
>
> A less complicated answer is that they are not filters (as the
> diagram suggests) but sensors.

There has to be some way of distinguishing RG and B...so something that is
specifically sensitive to only each wavelength has to be present...

Just as an aside, now, if they ONLY did four sensors, RGB and ND, us B&W
freaks would be more than happy ;-)

Austin

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