On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 11:32:02AM +0100, eckinator wrote:
> 2009/11/24 Larry Colen <[email protected]>:
> >
> > You forgot the bayer pattern. Each pixel is only one color, so by
> > doing the shift, they get all three colors at each pixel. I wonder
> > whether the four shots might mean that they have a fourth pixel
> > without any color filters that is much more sensitive than the color
> > pixels. Either that, or with their pattern, it takes four shots to get
> > all colors at all pixels (2 green, one red, one blue).
> 
> I see. I was taking pixel to mean image pixel whereas you and maybe
> Hassy take it to mean physical pixels / sensor surface units . . .

Same thing - Bayer Interpolation gives us 12M image pixels from 12M sensors.


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