ANNOUNCEMENT: Foveon F19 Sensor

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

http://dcviews.com/press/Foveon-F19.htm

Hope this helps,

Orville

Orville Wright wrote:

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

http://dcviews.com/press/Foveon-F19.htm

Hope this helps,

Orville

This is only a 1.5 megapixel sensor, and Foveon has lined up a single,
fourth tier, camera maker to use it, plus one scientific camera maker. I
don't think Sony is very worried.

In article , Orville
Wright wrote:

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

Alright! Now the P&S crowd can have crappy skin tones too.

Hope this helps...

hmm i will have a look at it once its out

if the video really is 30 fps it'll be worth a demo for sure

as usual, the totally unbiased das B

ps - as a consumer i don't mind competition at all. the more the merrier
n'est pas?

d b

"Steven M. Scharf" wrote in message
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Orville Wright wrote:

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

http://dcviews.com/press/Foveon-F19.htm

Hope this helps,

Orville

This is only a 1.5 megapixel sensor, and Foveon has lined up a single,
fourth tier, camera maker to use it, plus one scientific camera maker. I
don't think Sony is very worried.

"Orville Wright" wrote in message
...
Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

It is my understanding that Polaroid abandoned digital cameras a while back.

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)

Orville Wright wrote:

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

http://dcviews.com/press/Foveon-F19.htm

Hope this helps,

almost 2 mp...

an even smaller sensor then the obsolete foveon x3.
even that is only 2500 x 1500.

modern sensors are about 3 times the resolution.




Orville

"Steven M. Scharf" wrote in message
...
Orville Wright wrote:

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to
have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like
film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

http://dcviews.com/press/Foveon-F19.htm

Hope this helps,

Orville

This is only a 1.5 megapixel sensor, and Foveon has lined up a
single,
fourth tier, camera maker to use it, plus one scientific camera
maker. I
don't think Sony is very worried.


This sounds like the typical cross-posted Sigma SD10
troll crap again, looking at the original message.

"D.R." DR@NewZealand wrote in message
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This sounds like the typical cross-posted Sigma SD10
troll crap again, looking at the original message.

I'm pretty open to Sigma. I have seen some of the test pictures from their
SD-10. I was impressed with the quality of the sensor but not with the
design and build quality of the cameras or lenses.

--
Yours

Zebedee

(Claiming asylum in an attempt
to escape paying his debts to
Dougal and Florence)

"Crownfield" wrote in message
...
Orville Wright wrote:

Finally the coveted Foveon technolgy is being made available to
compact camera market. I love my SD10, but it would be nice to
have a
small compact for when I don't want to carry my heavy camera bag
around. This new sensor incorporates Foveon's breakthrough X3
technology to directly capture color in three layers, just like
film.
I really feel sorry for Sony investors.

http://dcviews.com/press/Foveon-F19.htm

Hope this helps,

almost 2 mp...

an even smaller sensor then the obsolete foveon x3.
even that is only 2500 x 1500.

modern sensors are about 3 times the resolution.

The SDx cameras output image resolutions that are on a par with any 6
MP Bayer sensor camera despite whatever resolution label you place on
it. Numbers mean nothing, the output is what matters.

In message ,
"Peter A. Stavrakoglou" wrote:

The SDx cameras output image resolutions that are on a par with any 6
MP Bayer sensor camera despite whatever resolution label you place on
it.

No, they don't. The *seem* "as sharp", which is a completely different
thing than having the same resolution.
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John P Sheehy