Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/10/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] re: how easy/expensive is digital
From: "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 11:29:55 -0400

Hi Adam,

> >> I know that in the video world the chips in the HDTV cameras have
> >> no where near
> >> the latitude that you'd find in Super-16 or 35mm.
> >
> >Different technology, they use different sensors.  They are much
> faster, as
> >they have to run at a much higher frame rate.
> >
>
> Really? We're only talking 24 or 30 fps. But I take your point.

Well, yeah...that's CONTINUOUS!!!  A digicam can only do a BURST of three,
and then has to sit and write it to disk/compact flash...but that's 1/10th
the frame rate, and again, isn't continuous...

> Do you know much about the sensors in the B&W Kodak cameras.

Yes, I do.

> Is
> it a true B&W
> sensor or some sort of RBG sensor that has been modified?

Absolutely true B&W sensor, which is why it is sooooo much better than an
RGB sensor of the same number of sensors, converted to grayscale...

Regards,

Austin

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