On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 4:20 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > Gonz wrote: >> >> I would be just as interesting if not more interesting to me to have >> the Bayer filter removed (is that even possible?). That would make >> for a cool B&W camera. don't know if the software would support this >> kind of image though (in raw). > > > My understanding is that the Bayer filter is actually part of the sensor, > and can't be removed. It would gain you about 5dB in sensitivity, at the > loss of the ability to apply virtual color filters in post processing.
You can scrape it off or use chemicals to remove it. People offer modified cameras with this done. You lose sensitivity due to the loss of microlenses but gain sensitivity due to the loss of the CFA. This seems to offset for the most part. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
