Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-15 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 9/14/2005 5:37:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How does a camera with a 2048 x 1536 sensor yield 10 megapixels? ...by using a breakthrough process called interpolation! ;-) Geez, and Marnie just went out and bought a Pentax. She'll be kicking

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Martin Trautmann
On 2005-09-13 21:05, Mark Roberts wrote: The CC in CC warning stands for coffee cats. This means that if you are drinking coffee and have a cat in your lap when you visit the following web page, the subsequent convulsions of laughter may result in deep scratches in your thighs and coffee all

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Cory Papenfuss
When using a sensor with a four pattern matrix +---+---+ |1:R|2:G| +---+---+ |3:G|4:B| +---+---+ ... the green and blue color info of the red pixel 1 are just interpolated from their neighbours. So even RAW data is not RAW but interpolated? Or is there any camera that does output its data

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Martin Trautmann
On 2005-09-14 07:44, Cory Papenfuss wrote: RAW *is* RAW sensor data. No interpolation or other processing done. The external programs are called RAW converters and every one of them does the interpolation. Some better than others. Thanks! Since I'm still analogue, I never checked

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread frank theriault
On 9/13/05, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CC in CC warning stands for coffee cats. This means that if you are drinking coffee and have a cat in your lap when you visit the following web page, the subsequent convulsions of laughter may result in deep scratches in your thighs and

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 14, 2005, at 5:06 AM, Martin Trautmann wrote: RAW *is* RAW sensor data. No interpolation or other processing done. The external programs are called RAW converters and every one of them does the interpolation. Some better than others. Thanks! Since I'm still analogue, I never

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Martin Trautmann
On 2005-09-14 05:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A RAW format image file is generally an enclosure file that contains the following: - Camera metadata: all the parameter for JPEG conversion that would have been used in-camera for JPEG format image files plus bits like time/date/manufacturer

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Sep 14, 2005, at 6:48 AM, Martin Trautmann wrote: I guess this could include - sensor faults (defective, calibration) - image info (lense model, aperture, time, focal length, distance) Yes. I guess it should be a simple task to build a poor lense with strong vignetting or strong

Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-14 Thread Herb Chong
: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:36 PM Subject: Re: CC warning: 10 megapixel camera Not a simple task, but doable task. This is indeed what software like DxO Optics Pro is designed to do.

CC warning: 10 megapixel camera

2005-09-13 Thread Mark Roberts
The CC in CC warning stands for coffee cats. This means that if you are drinking coffee and have a cat in your lap when you visit the following web page, the subsequent convulsions of laughter may result in deep scratches in your thighs and coffee all over your keyboard. You have been warned: