Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-26 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
NG> camera. The company claims that enlargements from the SD9 exceed the NG> quality of 35mm film. IIRC the Foveon chip is so far only 3.4 MP or such, even if "true" megapixels and not interpolated megapixels from normal digicams. I don't see how it could be better than film as even with 2700 sc

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Peter Spiro
There is a new Sigma SLR that uses this chip.   It got rave reviews atdpreview.com http://www.dpreview.com/news/0202/02022503sigmasd9shots.asp Too bad this Sigma doesn't take K-mount lenses like the first couple of Sigma SLRs did. -

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Nitin Garg
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 01:46:04PM -0800, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > I suggest you check out the Foveon web site to get a better, or perhaps > different, perspective on the product. I have seen photos made with the > Sigma camera, and made with other cameras as a comparison, and, to these > old eyes

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
I suggest you check out the Foveon web site to get a better, or perhaps different, perspective on the product. I have seen photos made with the Sigma camera, and made with other cameras as a comparison, and, to these old eyes, the Foveon photos look a lot more detailed and saturated. Nitin Garg

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Shel Belinkoff
The camera has been produced. A friend is working on a project in Santa Clara, and has used the camera. There are a number of images on line that were made with this particular unit, although I can't find the URL right now. If all goes well, I may have a chance to see it for myself in the next

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread Nitin Garg
>From the article: The result is sharper, more accurate images. The file-sizes of the digital pictures are also smaller, which means more can be stored by the camera. The company claims that enlargements from the SD9 exceed the quality of 35mm film. Unless they also have a new compression algo/s

Re: Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread T Rittenhouse
ywolf - Original Message - From: alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 2:58 PM Subject: Foveon X3 at PMA > Here is a good link to an account of the "future demise of film" by The > Economist : > > http://ww

Foveon X3 at PMA

2002-02-25 Thread alex
Here is a good link to an account of the "future demise of film" by The Economist : http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=1000240 I find it summarizes quite well the impact of the Foveon breakthrough. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go t