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2006-11-10, 09:16

Powerdoc: I see what you're saying now. I might agree with your argument as you just described it, but it's wait and see at this point, since no one out in the real world other than reviewers (many of whom are afraid to give bad reviews) has the camera.

"Resolving Power" might be the phrase I would use to describe what you're talking about, but there is no official term, so I can understand why you used "resolution" earlier. So IOW, I concur that the camera might have the resolving power of some 8MP cameras when standing 6 feet away from a chart, particularly non-DSLR models with fixed lenses like the Canon S and G series. But I still question whether the images will have the "enlargeability" (new word!) of a true 8MP DSLR shot (from a good lens) when shooting real world subjects. Especially with the noise trade-off, as you mentioned. Enlarging noise... not so good. I guess we'll find out how that camera's images stand up to interpolation.

Either way it's disappointing to me that the Foveon sensor itself is not very "scalable" it seems. I had hoped that one day many cameras might use next generation Foveon sensors that were in the 8 to 12 MP (actual) ballpark, along with all the other benefits it brings. This chip was under development at least 4 years and it's still in the same spot basically. Not encouraging for the future.

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