Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Actually, its four pixels. Two green, one red, one blue. There's a technical reason why two greens are used, but I can't remember it all. All bayer type sensors are like that. -- Chris Crawford Fine Art Photography Fort Wayne, Indiana 260-437-8990 http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 Become a fan on Facebook On 3/20/12 5:39 PM, "Lew Schwartz" <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: >Exactly. We currently grab 3 rgb pixels, average them out and arrive >at a bw average value. A bw only sensor could well put us in the S2 >range. The extra pixels might well translate into more sharpness, >contrast, etc... not to mention iso. If this fantasy came true, >there'd be no doubt that digital had finally beat out bw (scanned from >film or otherwise). > >On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:27 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net ><wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote: >> Nathan Wajsman wrote: >> >>>>> >> If I want B&W, I just do it in post-processing. Why would you pay for a >> crippled camera? >> <<< >> >> To get B&W from an RGB digital camera you throw away 2/3 of the image >>data. >> A B&W-only camera could be much more sensitive (higher ISO) and higher >> resolution. >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on >>Microsoft? >> Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information