In article <X66_b.2930$_3.46703_at_typhoon.sonic.net>, spamfilter0
@navasgroup.com says...
> That's presumably a reference to Sigma's Foveon-based DSLRs; e.g., the SD-10,
> which is claimed by Sigma to be "10.2 Million Pixel" when in reality it only
> has 3.4 million sensing locations. (It does take 10.2 million individual
> *color samples*, but only for 3.4 million *pixels*.) By that "logic," a
> dot-trio display with a real resolution of (say) 1024 x 768, or 786,432
> pixels, would be claimed by Sigma to have a resolution of 2,359,296 pixels, or
> about 1774 x 1330, which is of course equally ridiculous.
>
Yeah, that pretty much sums it up...but I didn't want to contaminate my
fingers by typing thier name.... I might get a Canon this week, and it
could take DAYS to get that contaminant off my finger tips, so I'de be
afraid to touch a REAL camera for a while.. <G>
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Larry Lynch
Lasting Imagery
Mystic, Ct.
lastingimagery_at_comcast.dotnet
