Initially Foveon specified 3.3 MPix in the marketing papers. Later, although it was obvious it delivered results at least as good as 6 MPix mosaic sensors, it was still classified among 3 MPix cameras in commercial catalogues, tutorials, even reviews. So it's the market and it's MPix blinding criteria that drove Foveon to count photosites - just like the others do.
Servus, Alin Mike wrote: MI> 10.2 MPixels... MI> i am wondering how long before their marketoids start MI> calling it 40.8 MPixels (after all, one *could* MI> interpolate around the pixels.... oh wait, why stop at MI> 40.8? let's call it 160!) MI> sheesh... MI> mishka
