RE: filmscanners: film vs. digital cameras - wedding/commercial p

[derek_c@cix.co.uk (Derek Clarke)]

Er how do you implement scenario 3? 

Some radical new advanced semiconductor that can measure the colour of all 
incident photons? 

Magic? :-)


Soren.Svensson@am1.ericsson.se (Soren Svensson (EUS)) wrote:

> > From: Austin Franklin [mailto:darkroom@ix.netcom.com]
> 
> 
> Sorry it took so long to answer this (been sick).
> 
> Lets make this really simple. Take three scenarios:
> 
> 1: The four sensor chip we've been discussing so far (GRGB).
> 
> 2: A beam splitter with three monochrome chips of the same size as 
> above.
> 
> 3: One chip with twice the density (each pixel position contains full 
> RGB info).
> 
> You're saying that scenario 1 will produce the BEST image?
> 
> 
> > I really do hate to mentioning this,
> > but I am a professional engineer and have been designing 
> > digital imaging systems for over 20 years.  I really do
> > know exactly how these things work.
> > What is your background WRT digital imaging?  Have you 
> > actually done designs with these sensors, and you are
> > speaking from experience?  I have, and I am.
> 
> Well, you have 5 years head start on me. I'm also a professional 
> engineer and have been designing high-end embedded systems (yes, even 
> digital imaging systems) for about 15 years. I do (design and 
> implementation) software for them, not hardware, but I think I'm still 
> qualified to discuss this issue.
> 
> I don't question that you're qualified for this and I find your posts 
> on the Piezo list very informative. But I don't agree that the current 
> crop of consumer/prosumer CCD chips is the best solution. The most 
> cost-effective maybe, but it's still cheating!
> 
> Regards
> /Soren
> 
>