On Mon, 12 Nov 2001 23:46:05 +1000, Rob Studdert wrote: > On 12 Nov 2001, at 5:06, Tom Rittenhouse wrote: > > > me they don't give an actual 18 megabyte image? Of course the current generation > > of film scanners are more than 24 bit. Even my cheap flatbed is 48 bit. > > [...] If the sensor is 2000 x 3000 pixels then the > the split is 3MP green, 1.5MP red and 1.5MP blue. [...]
Hi Tom, Rob explained my comment quite well. I was talking specifically about the fact that scanners scan every color at every pixel while every under $20K digital camera I've heard of scans only one color at each pixel and interpolates the other colors at that pixel. I guess if you go up in price high enough you'll find one that does all three colors at each pixel, but it would be a big son of a gun to get three CCDs and a color splitter into it. TTYL, DougF - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
