Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not "MY" system. That's the way sensor manufacturers make sensors. The eye is twice as sensitive to green as any other color (according to the experts) and this must be accounted for. It also makes it easy to make a pixel block. R G G B All even rows are R G R G R G R G... all odd rows are G B G B G B G B. So to make a "real" pixel, a square block of four pixels: R G G B make up a real pixel. Jim At 06:29 PM 2/1/99 -0600, you wrote: >Jim Brick: I'm am curious; why does your system require two green sensors? >When I shot crime photos for the US Air Force we used, and they still use, >conventional C-41. They used to only use black and white but I convinced >the cops color would impress a jury more than a black and white photo. When >some bozo colonel ordered Kodak digital cameras for us to use, I reminded >him that DOD prohibited taking crime scene/accident photos with anything but >real film;;;chain of custody etc. You can do some scary stuff with >Photoshop;;I used a M2 to photograph an aircraft crash into a civ apartment >complex. Raining, local civ photogs used fancy electronic camera that >failed; I just kept on shooting;;;jh > > >James A. Harrison II, Major, USAF, Retired >MBA, BS Electronics, Associate Education >First Class Engineers License >First Class Technician License >Mensa >Concert Viola ---Oh yeah,,,,,Unemployed > > >