I think they have to licence it from Foveon. I had a look at the Foveon patents when they introduced the technology and they have a pretty good protection. If no ubscure previous publication has shown up the sensor was a true invention, not just an adjustment over previous technology, and they get a wide protection.
However, I doubt the specifications given in the thread. A former Sigma SD9 owner I know says that the colour were great but it was useless above ISO100. If Canon manages to get ISO6400 out of it they must have invented something revoltionary. I find it unlikely. Remember that the red light has to pass through the two other sensors to before it is detected. On the other hand. If Canon has done that they might have patents on Foveon-related technology that outperforms the old Foveon-sensor and forces Foveon to cooperate. DagT > Fra: Gonz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I wonder how they could do this, it seems Foveon has most of the > relevant intellectual property pretty locked up. Licensing? > > Seems farfetched. > > rg > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What do you list techies think about this: > > > > http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1032&message=21590547 > > > > It's an open secret that Canon has a new DSLR to be introduced for > > the PMA show, which means late February/early March. > > > > Bob > > > > -- > Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I > was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's > a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man? > - Mitch Hedberg > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
