Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21

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Subject: [Leica] B&W Leica?
From: steve.barbour at gmail.com (Steve Barbour)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:58:27 -0700
References: <CAFuU78diOn7i883gyJeKFMQ7OYfC21OdMmHXhVfL9MyKgGM2dA@mail.gmail.com> <CB8E7277.106E8%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com> <20120321174752.GA728@selenium.125px.com>
 
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?


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