Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Pixel Beyer pattern
From: "James A.Harrison II" <LeicaR7@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 19:19:26 -0600

Yes I did want an answer, what I didnt want was a pissing contest because I
didnt phrase my question correctly;;  I have worked in a photo lab, nuclear
weapons areas, and assorted other tech areas to know that B means Blue; G
means Green ect;;;jh



James A. Harrison II, Major, USAF, Retired
MBA, BS Electronics, Associate Education
First Class Engineers License
First Class Technician License
Mensa ----Uh I think
Concert Viola ---Oh yeah,,,,,Unemployed
- -----Original Message-----
From: Jim Brick <jimbrick@photoaccess.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 7:17 PM
Subject: [Leica] Pixel Beyer pattern


>You didn't want an answer??? I presumed you asked the question in order to
>get an answer??? The R means RED, the G means Green, and the B means BLUE.
>This is the arrangement of R (red) G (green), and B (blue) pixels. Did you
>read something else??? This "Beyer" pattern is how most sensors are made.
>There are a few odd sensors (eg; interleaved, parallel quadrants, etc.)
>
>Beyer Pattern:
>R G R G R G R G R G R G...  (pixel row 0)
>G B G B G B G B G B G B...  (row 1)
>R G R G R G R G R G R G...  (row 2)
>G B G B G B G B G B G B...  (row 3)
>...(etc)
>.
>.
>
>Jim
>
>At 06:54 PM 2/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>
>> Hey; back off; I was asking a question because I didn't know;;;jh
>>
>>
>>>It's not "MY" system. That's the way sensor manufacturers make sensors.
The
>>>eye is twice as sensitive to green as any other color (according to the
>>>experts) and this must be accounted for. It also makes it easy to make a
>>>pixel block.
>>>
>>>R G
>>>G B
>>>
>>>All even rows are R G R G R G R G... all odd rows are G B G B G B G B. So
>>>to make a "real" pixel, a square block of four pixels:
>>>
>>>R G
>>>G B
>>>
>>>make up a real pixel.
>>>
>>>Jim
>>>
>>>
>>>At 06:29 PM 2/1/99 -0600, you wrote:
>>>>Jim Brick:  I'm am curious; why does your system require two green
>>sensors?
>>>>When I shot crime photos for the US Air Force we used, and they still
use,
>>>>conventional C-41.  They used to only use black and white but I
convinced
>>>>the cops color would impress a jury more than a black and white photo.
>>When
>>>>some bozo colonel ordered Kodak digital cameras for us to use, I
reminded
>>>>him that DOD prohibited taking crime scene/accident photos with anything
>>but
>>>>real film;;;chain of custody etc.  You can do some scary stuff with
>>>>Photoshop;;I used a M2 to photograph an aircraft crash into a civ
>>apartment
>>>>complex.  Raining, local civ photogs used fancy electronic camera that
>>>>failed; I just kept on shooting;;;jh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>James A. Harrison II, Major, USAF, Retired
>>>>MBA, BS Electronics, Associate Education
>>>>First Class Engineers License
>>>>First Class Technician License
>>>>Mensa
>>>>Concert Viola ---Oh yeah,,,,,Unemployed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>