RE: Foven questions

["Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I would guess not. The main advantage of the Foveon chip over a conventional
CCD is that it doesn't waste as much light. In a regular CCD, each sensor
has a filter over it which discards roughly two thirds of the light energy.
In a scanner, I believe this is irrelevant, because you can use an
arbitrarily bright light.

This isn't to say that such a chip will never be used in scanners. Perhaps
in the long run, they'll prove cheaper to make, or have other advantages.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com

> From: SKID Photography
>
> This might have been discussed before but...
> Are those new FOVEN (sp?) capture chips appropriate to replace CCDs in
> scanners?  And would these improve the optical resolution for a
> new generation of scanners?

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