[filmscanners] Re: Kodak's alternative to Bayer sensor pattern

["Michael Kersenbrock" <michaelk@photo-3d.com>]

Bob Geoghegan wrote:
> I know people out there have will opinions &/or informed speculation about
> this:
>
> http://www.dpreview.com/news/0706/07061401kodakhighsens.asp
>
> The short version is that by replacing 1/2 of the sensor elements of a bayer
> pattern with panchromatic elements, Kodak claims a 1-2 stop boost in
> sensitivity:
>
>

Makes sense I guess.  NTSC TV was designed with the data bandwidth for
the luminance
a great deal higher than the  chromiance  that I recall, and done
because that's what made
sense for the eye as they split available bandwidth.  This sounds like
the same idea.

Mike K.


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