What if...

In article , Georgette
Preddy wrote:

...the founders of Foveon continued to work closely with National
Semiconductor engineers to make obsolete, not only all other digital
cameras, but film cameras as well?

And what if, as the venue for such a lofty goal, they created a 18MP
Foveon Pro 18M CMOS (5.85 full color MPs) with enhanced color
processing and more on-chip processing power. What if it could
largely program-out CA by individual lens? What if it had a 1.3 crop
factor? What if it used less power than a Pro 10M? And what if it
only cost about 10% more than the Pro 10M? And what if it was already
functioning in a new Sigma DSLR that has been received by beta
testers?

And if a frog had wings it wouldn't hit it's ass every time it jumped...

(Georgette Preddy) writes:
...the founders of Foveon continued to work closely with National
Semiconductor engineers to make obsolete, not only all other digital
cameras, but film cameras as well?

Wow. That's even more content-free than your usual statements.

And what if, as the venue for such a lofty goal, they created a 18MP
Foveon Pro 18M CMOS (5.85 full color MPs) with enhanced color
processing and more on-chip processing power.

I notice you didn't say "What if this new sensor provided accurate
colour rendition?". Nor did you mention Sigma finally including an
anti-aliasing filter in their camera.

So, if this is true, we can soon expect a not-quite 6 megapixel camera
with some of the same flaws as previous Foveon-based cameras. I won't
hold my breath until the test reports appear.

Dave

"Georgette Preddy" wrote in message
om...
...the founders of Foveon continued to work closely with National
Semiconductor engineers to make obsolete, not only all other digital
cameras, but film cameras as well?

Well, the founders of foveon are working closely with Sigma to make obsolete
cameras, so anything is possible Georgywank.

"Georgette Preddy" wrote in message
om...
...the founders of Foveon continued to work closely with National
Semiconductor engineers to make obsolete, not only all other digital
cameras, but film cameras as well?

And what if, as the venue for such a lofty goal, they created a 18MP
Foveon Pro 18M CMOS (5.85 full color MPs) with enhanced color
processing and more on-chip processing power. What if it could
largely program-out CA by individual lens? What if it had a 1.3 crop
factor? What if it used less power than a Pro 10M? And what if it
only cost about 10% more than the Pro 10M? And what if it was already
functioning in a new Sigma DSLR that has been received by beta
testers?

You'd still be an idiot, for starters.

Don't buy a camera! Any camera! You can do more with YOUR MIND than
you can with any digital camera. Look:

Sigma: 4.2 x 10^8 RGB kabobs
Canon: 2 weevils running around each other on a treadmill
Nikon: A pair of dice
Fuji: An old Sony Walkman

Your Brain: Unlimited VISUAL POTENTIAL!

Ok - that's good very good :-)

Artie

"Geeeeorge" wrote in message
.. .
Don't buy a camera! Any camera! You can do more with YOUR MIND than
you can with any digital camera. Look:

Sigma: 4.2 x 10^8 RGB kabobs
Canon: 2 weevils running around each other on a treadmill
Nikon: A pair of dice
Fuji: An old Sony Walkman

Your Brain: Unlimited VISUAL POTENTIAL!

In message ,
(Georgette Preddy) wrote:

...the founders of Foveon continued to work closely with National
Semiconductor engineers to make obsolete, not only all other digital
cameras, but film cameras as well?

And what if, as the venue for such a lofty goal, they created a 18MP
Foveon Pro 18M CMOS (5.85 full color MPs) with enhanced color
processing and more on-chip processing power. What if it could
largely program-out CA by individual lens? What if it had a 1.3 crop
factor? What if it used less power than a Pro 10M? And what if it
only cost about 10% more than the Pro 10M? And what if it was already
functioning in a new Sigma DSLR that has been received by beta
testers?

What if it has the same horrible green vs blue color separation as the
current Foveon X3? The same aliasing nonsense?
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John P Sheehy