[filmscanners] RE: Topic: RE: Newish Digital Tech

["Robert Meier" <filmscanner@meierlim.com>]

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>From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
>
>In reading the several responses about the FOVEON chip, might it not be
>helpful to identify if the respondents refer to this chip's potential
>implementation in film scanners (essentially a LINE-SCAN application) vs
>digital cameras (typically an AREA-Array application).

I, and I believe also others, do not think that this chip/technology will be
used in film scanners but (video) cameras.

>The FOVEON is described as a
>1/1.8" chip which to me translates to just a bit larger than the 1/2"
>chip (4.8mm x 6.4mm).  To be sure, this chip size is larger than might
>be in most consumer level cameras (1/3" or a "whopping" 1/4"  -- 2.7x3.6
>and 3.6x4.8mm respectively.), yet is MUCH smaller than the 24x36mm
>format that most us use in film.

This is the smaller version which has an area of 7.1mm x 5.3mm. The bigger
version is actually 20.7mm x 13.8mm.

Robert

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