Color me interested. I'm using a Foveon camera as a companion to my Pentax. You can find sample pictures from me and several other users in
this thread. The potential of sensor that captures full color information at every pixel is enormous. However, the Foveon sensor has limitations, as the article points out, mainly in low-light situations.
This new technology will doubtless have its own limitations, too. The article says it has limited dynamic range. I love how the marketing director shrugs it off:
Quote: Only bad photographers are limited by dynamic range. You see this repeated on every forum on internet — problem is always bad photographer, not bad equipment.
Right. It's not his problem. You just suck at photography.
What he says is true, to an extent, but nobody wants to need to take multiple exposures just to get a normal-looking picture. It can be done, but it's not practical.
I'm wondering about how power-hungry it will be, and I'm very concerned about cost. This thing looks expensive!
I'm really interested in its ability to switch between wavelengths. A camera that can capture visible light, infrared, ultraviolet, or anything else at the flip of a switch? That alone is enough to sell this camera to a lot of people, along with the ability to see through clothes. (note to self: wear thermal underwear after this camera comes out!
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