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Gvie up on SD1? Pentax K-1/ar7ii? Need advice.

Started Mar 30, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Re: Gvie up on SD1? Pentax K-1/ar7ii? Need advice.

mike earussi wrote:

DMillier wrote:

I can understand in principle why this may be the case for Bayer sensors. But in pixel shift mode? What could be the explanation in pixel shift mode - this effectively bypasses the Bayer pattern...

Pixel shift enables each pixel to be unique, but the Bayer color is also limited by the fixed color filters on the chip. Foveon doesn't have this limitation.

The Foveon colour filters (layers of silicon) are fixed too, but their more gentle slopes allow finer discrimination of hues than the narrow-band filters used in Bayer sensors.

Some say that the Foveon filters lead to increased noise.

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