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I would absolutely love to see the new Cypress monochrome sensor in a compact body. Since it has no microlenses, it ought to work well even with symmetric lens designs. And with 9 MP monochrome, resolution ought to be mind-blowing, noise ought to be tight and not unpleasant, and even sensitivity ought to be OK. Digital Hexar anyone?

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Yes, there's got to be an absolutely huge market for that :)
Petteri Sulonen said:
I would absolutely love to see the new Cypress monochrome sensor
in a compact body. Since it has no microlenses, it ought to work
well even with symmetric lens designs. And with 9 MP monochrome,
resolution ought to be mind-blowing, noise ought to be tight and
not unpleasant, and even sensitivity ought to be OK. Digital Hexar
anyone?

Petteri
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Phil Askey
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Petteri Sulonen said:
I would absolutely love to see the new Cypress monochrome sensor
in a compact body. Since it has no microlenses, it ought to work
well even with symmetric lens designs. And with 9 MP monochrome,
resolution ought to be mind-blowing, noise ought to be tight and
not unpleasant, and even sensitivity ought to be OK. Digital Hexar
anyone?

Petteri
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but already.. sony 10mp cmos exist..

who take this..? canon? nikon?
 
Could you folks elaborate a bit on how come it has no microlenses and how it differs it from APS sensors used in DSLRS?
Petteri Sulonen said:
I would absolutely love to see the new Cypress monochrome sensor
in a compact body. Since it has no microlenses, it ought to work
well even with symmetric lens designs. And with 9 MP monochrome,
resolution ought to be mind-blowing, noise ought to be tight and
not unpleasant, and even sensitivity ought to be OK. Digital Hexar
anyone?

Petteri
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mc
 
First off, read this:

http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glossary/Camera_System/Microlenses_01.htm

Basically the photosensitive part of the entire photosite is a percentage of its total area (fill factor), microlenses are used to 'gather' the light across a larger area and focus it into the photosensitive part. This is even more important with CMOS sensors which tend to have a lower fill factor. Cypress are claiming that they have a photosite design which has such a high fill factor that it doesn't need microlenses (hence less cost and no lens-> microlens issues).
michalc said:
Could you folks elaborate a bit on how come it has no microlenses
and how it differs it from APS sensors used in DSLRS?
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Phil Askey
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I don't know if you meant a compact DSLR body, but I'd like to see it in a compact p&s style body. I mean, they designes some pretty compact APS film cameras back in the days...

Stick on a built-in fast (f/1.4, or at least f/1.8) prime lens around 30mm, and make it sharp and contrasty. Add good manual controls and fast respons, and I think I have my new walk-around/carry everywhere camera.

Color or B&W, doesn't really matter. B&W would be cool, also for the added acuity, and this would be the best street photography cam. A digital Leica (with a built in lens, though). Small and silent.

Thomas.
 
It might be that the monochrome sensor is intended for industrial/scientific equipment.
 
both the color and monochrome version. Are we going to see a Kodak DSLR aiming at the consumer end ?

As of current DSLR Mfr, there does not seems much of a market .... but for industrail use , there looks to be far more business opportunities

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Franka
 
I'm lining up already! Put it in an XT body, give it a pellicle mirror, and you have the perfect 'quiet' camera for street, wedding photography... at least I think so..

(salivating over the thought of a true monochrome digital camera that mere mortals can afford... unlike the 2002? Kodak 620DCS/n Monochrome (if you can find one!)

Cheers,
Scotty
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Phil Askey said:
Yes, there's got to be an absolutely huge market for that :)
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That seems ironic, ritht? but actually I guess there is a real market there: The camera could get rid of the Bayer pattern that no digital photographer ever really liked. So 9MP would actually have the sharpnes of much more conventional pixels. And there is a real subcommunity of b&w photographers who never print anything else but b&w.

If such a camera really delivery great image quality and is a compact with a lets say 3x Zoom, I would buy it without hesitation1

regards
Bernie
 
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