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What would the FFF have to do in order to be competative?

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mike earussi Veteran Member • Posts: 9,440
Re: What would the FFF have to do in order to be competative?
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The only advantage the Foveon chip has over a Bayer chip is its ability to differentiate more colors (though this does not necessarily mean it's color is more accurate). Even using pixel shift the Bayer chip is still slightly inferior due to the limitation of its color filters.

Foveon will never be able to match Bayer in DR, speed of processing and high iso so the only other avenue to compete on is resolution. A 80mp Quattro Foveon would be able to match the resolution of a 100mp Bayer, which would appeal to some photographers who specialize in landscapes.

The question is price. Can a 80mp Quattro be produced at a price competitive to a 100mp Bayer and can Sigma sell enough of them to at least pay for its engineering costs?

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