Hi Keith,
Great comments, and it is indeed true, many of the images we see are
interpolated in one form or another. What we truly need are Foveon Sensors
with the Fuji S and R pixel concept, with a resolution of 10Mp...
Looking forward to hearing about your experience with the new purchases.
John
http://housser.ca/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Martin [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:09 AM
> To: John J Housser; 'WPS'; email@hidden
> Subject: RE: Camera Recommendations - Nikon D80 or D200 for VR's
>
> Sometime around 27/3/07 (at 08:28 -0300) John J Housser said:
>
> >I have also been looking at the S5, but keep in mind it is not a true
> 12Mp
> >camera. It is only 6.1Mp. The 12Mp is an interpolated image.
> >
> >There are 12 million photoreceptors, but each site combines two of them
> to
> >create one pixel (one S-pixel and one R-pixel).
>
> True. But of course similar things can be said about the sensors in
> every digital camera, although not for precisely the same technical
> reasons.
>
> For example, it seems that the D200 records the RGB data separately
> using 4mp for red and 3mp each for green and blue - and interpolates
> that the composite results to 10mp. The S5 Pro records RGB using 6mp
> and another 6mp for the highlight data. We're all working with
> interpolated digital photo data in reality, just in different ways!
>
> Actual S5 Pro tests all seem to show that it has the resolving power
> of 10mp+ digital SLRs. I've just got back from doing serious damage
> to my credit card, so I'll be able to test this out first-hand. As
> soon as I've caught up with some work!
>
> Anyway yes, you're absolutely right about depth, range and tone being
> more important than absolute pixel resolution. It is the quality and
> fidelity of the final pixels that counts the most, not how many
> pixels there are.
>
> k
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