Dear Mike Cormier,
See http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02021103foveonx3preview.asp
and http://www.photo.net/sigma/sd9 The latter site uses pix supplied
by Foveon/Sigma and should be distrusted - see the discussion lower
down.
Tom
On Friday, July 19, 2002 at 14:16, Mike Cormier
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote re "Re: [OM] OT trivia question about digital" saying:
> You might want to look into a company called Foveon. They developed a chip
> called the X3 which differs from CCD chips in that it uses CMOS technology
> and 3 color sensors imbedded at differing depths in the silicone at each
> pixel location, effectively trippling the color rendition and resolution as
> compared to a similarly sized CCD which uses a mosaic pattern much like the
> shutter curtain of an OM-2. Additionally, these chips can be easily and
> CHEAPLY manufactured in almost ANY size, including MF 6x6, etc. More
> cameras should be coming out with this technology soon, which is to say once
> the major manufacturers run out of their huge and expensive stockpiles of
> CCD chips which will become obsolete/useless once the X3 takes hold.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
>
>
> >From: Tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] OT trivia question about digital
> >Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 14:05:44 -0400
> >
> >Yes, but pricey($10,000+ and/or slow (minutes of exposure using a scanning
> >back, one scan per colour).
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >On Friday, July 19, 2002 at 16:42, bsandyman@xxxxxxx
> ><olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >wrote re "[OM] OT trivia question about digit" saying:
> >
> > > Are there any medium or large format digital systems?
> > >
> > > I ask because it seems to me that the main reason
> > > digital is derided is because of resolution. The most
> > > obvious way to deal with that is to make a bigger fiml
> > > back.
> > >
> > > So does anyone make large digital film backs?
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