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… Sigma and Wabi Sabi

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Peter Slovakia
Peter Slovakia Contributing Member • Posts: 716
Re: … Sigma and Wabi Sabi
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Sorry Don, I don't mind the Bayer sensor as long as it's used for normal documentary shots like you posted (boat harbor). But the Bayer sensor does not reach the quality of negative film due to its low image density, I do not consider it a successor to film. Also, its image is flat (caused, among other things, by only one layer of the sensor) compared to the film, and even more so compared to the Foveon 1:1:1 sensor, whose 3D appearance is even stronger than from the film. I also see that his image is not naturally sharp enough. In addition, the Bayer sensor cannot detect colors. He invents some kind of artificial, unnatural "laboratory" colors. Bayer is an unnatural step back. Foveon is a natural step forward.

This is my view on the matter, I know that many who work with a camera with a Bayer sensor will oppose me and be angry with me. They can, but I see it as I wrote, for me the Bayer sensor is not good enough. That's why I switched from film to the Foveon sensor and will stick with it. Otherwise, I would still be photographing on the Pentax 67II, or I wouldn't be photographing at all, which is what I originally intended. Because for me it is a completely fundamental thing.

http://kronometric.org/phot/sensor/fov/Color_Alias_White_Paper_FinalHiRes.pdf

I apologize for the harshness with which I rated the Bayer type sensor in my previous post.

All the best Don Peter

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