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Old May 28th 08, 03:53 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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Default NASA's Mars probe: NO cmos, NO Bayer

RichA wrote:

from Amateur Photography magazine;

The camera has a double Gauss lens system, a design commonly used in
35mm cameras,' explains the space agency.
'Images are recorded by a charge-coupled device (CCD) similar to those
in consumer digital cameras. The instrument includes sets of red,
green and blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for illuminating the
target area.'

Nasa claims that the camera can focus down to 11mm and record images
at a resolution of '23 microns per pixel' at the closest focusing
distance - allowing the camera to show details 'much finer than the
width of a human hair'.



This means tri-colour imaging through three different filters onto a
monochrome CCD.


Nice try, Captain Obvious, but that's not what it means. It means the light
sources providethe three colors, and no filters are necessary.