Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> From: Jim Brick > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 6:29 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; > leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica Users digest V17 #253 > >... six megapixels > (divided by four as all of these sensors are Bayer pattern) I think you have reaffirmed a feeling that I've had about the numbers wars with digital cameras, that the manufacturers are counting total pixels, while the user is often thinking about color image pixels. If I wanted, for example a 640 x 480 pixel color image, not interpolated, I would need a 0,9 or 1,2 mega pixel CCD (roughly) depending on the filter scheme used. Aren't the manufacturers fudging in their pixel counting? > ... Current > technology puts us at the limit of the signal to noise ratio. We > cannot make the current cell components any They can't be made denser, but can they not be made larger? More expensive and higher failure rates, but a 24mm x 36mm CCD would make digital photographers happier with their wide angle lenses, particularly. - -- Tim Spragens http://www.borderless-photos.com