Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isn't it because the CCD itself needs more green to cover the range of normal human vision due to its inherent deficiency at that band of the EM spectrum? Phil Forrest On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:58:27 -0700 Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mar 21, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Tim Gray wrote: > > > On Mar 20, 2012 at 05:45 PM -0400, Chris Crawford wrote: > >> Actually, its four pixels. Two green, one red, one blue. There's a > >> technical reason why two greens are used, but I can't remember it > >> all. All bayer type sensors are like that. > > > > Because the human eye is more sensitive to green light. > > > > Tim, maybe I'm confused, but if the human eye is more sensitive to > green, why more (rather than less) green pixels? > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- philforrest.wordpress.com gallery.leica-users.org/v/philforrest