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Old 09-12-07, 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Cussy
Just found this Foveon X3 Sensor Claims Put to the Test - - PopPhotoJuly 2007 . As ever, for any benefit there is a slight drawback in other areas. In the UK where my images are dominated by green's and not far-off b&w detail, the Foveon might not be beneficial.

I still think though that this is an interesting technology. But I think manufacturers will just continue to pile up the pixels and hope for improvements based on redundancy on the amount of required pixels.
Rob,

Have a look here:

Sigma - News

Now I know that this is publicised by Sigma themselves however they may even be putting their necks on the line. Whose to say what they know about the conclusions reached by Shutterbug?

I, for one, will be watching that with keen interest.
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