Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Aram, the profit would be in selling a new chip and the technical time to install it. It probably can not be done at a reasonable price because each chip as a unique signature that the underlying programming manipulates into an image. So to make this idea work there would also have to be a method of changing the programming at the same time. Another design consideration would be the angle of the light rays coming in from the lens so that the outer pixels saw the incoming light or could be compensated for with the processing algorithms. This might be one difficulty facing the Foveon chip as the depth of the chip might limit lens choice. Last, the manufacturers would have to come up with a non-proprietary socket to change the imaging chip into and out of. Don dorysrus@mindspirng.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html