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What is "Foveon Blue"?

Started May 26, 2014 | Discussions thread
PicOne
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Re: What is "Foveon Blue"?

SandyF wrote:

For PicOne, the SD10 can do the "Foveon Blue" too, for example http://www.pbase.com/sandyfleischman/image/34322272

Coincidentally, one of the other very few pictures I think I used the FOV Blue setting on, was also in SF area:

I had many 'intense' blue skies with the SD10, even in Washington, DC light. Out west, skies could be spectacularly blue... without a polarizer! First, I recall many people complained that those skies weren't 'real' then when the SD14 came out and the skies toned down, people complained that the skies weren't blue enough LOL. The "Foveon Blue" setting is something recent in SPP which may (or may not) emulate that intense blue.

So if I got it right, Foveon Blue was what you used to get when using what was probably called the "standard" setting on the SD9 and SD10?   Did those cameras have a neutral setting?

Also curious, did the old SD9 and SD10 usually throw off the yellows in the same manner the Merrill's emulated Fov Blue mode does?

One of the classic "Foveon Blue" shots for me is this early SD9 photo

http://www.pbase.com/sphomphanh/image/14167857/large

Best regards, Sandy
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/sandyfleischmann (current)

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