Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/05
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>Neat. But can he take pictures...
>
>on 11/5/01 4:04 PM, Jim Brick at jim@brick.org wrote:
>
>> I apologize to everyone for speaking out about the
>> semiconductor/sensor/digital photography field. You are all correct. I
>> don't know very much about it. You certainly know more than I therefore I
>> will bow out of the discussion.
>>
>> I started to write a paper explaining where we are and where we are headed,
>> but it became obvious that no one is interested in hearing about the
>> technology and where it is headed (and why) so I shelved it. Just as well
>> as I have real work to do.
>>
>> Maybe another day.
>>
>> Just for the record, I write the firmware that goes inside digital imaging
>> instruments. Cameras, phones, PDA's, mice, etc. My firmware controls the
>> imaging chip(s) and associated sensor(s). My colleague in the next cubicle
>> (Dan Simms) writes algorithms that do all of the outside work.
>> Interpolation, color space conversion, sharpening, attempted noise
>> cancellation, etc... He makes a silk purse (your final JPEG digital file)
>> from a sow's ear (the raw pixels streaming in from my stuff.)
>>
>> Since we cannot make pixels any smaller, another technology has to come
>> forth. Hummm... maybe a marriage of two technologies.
>>
>> http://www.asf.com/products/pic/
>>
>>
>> Jim Brick
>> Senior Scientist
>> Agilent Technologies
>> Imaging Electronics Division
>> Semiconductor Products Group
>>
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Yes. I assume, you may be able as well.
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