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Should Sigma make a 30 MP per layer full-frame Foveon instead of 20 MP per layer?

Started Nov 29, 2020 | Discussions thread
Tom Schum
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Re: Should Sigma make a 30 MP per layer full-frame Foveon instead of 20 MP per layer?
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Just weighing in here.

I read the posts so far, but I also remember my SD15.

Fewer pixels means better image quality.

Some of these old SD15 images are upsized in legends, and they look great.  I don't remember who was the upsizing guru back then.

The problem with Quattro is the noise.  And, the pixel density is hardly more than it was in the SD15, in the lower layers.

Turning the sd Quattro down to lo-res doesn't help the image quality.  Still too much of something that you just don't have in the SD15.

So, for me, 20mp in a Foveon FF sensor is more than I'd like to see.  Not to mention 30mp, and please no Quattro innovation!

Could Sigma take a fp and imbue it with Sigma Foveon color science?  If so, it might be a viable successor to Foveon.

SD15

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