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Subject: [OM] Re: Foveon X3
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:22:10 -0400
Read the reviews of the Sigma SD9 and SD10.

Theory = Good
Results = Bad

Tom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gareth.J.Martin" <g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "om" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 7:05 AM
Subject: [OM] Foveon X3


> 
> Dear All,
>          I was just reading some of the more recent posts and a few 
> mentioned the Foveon X3 chip. I've heard of it but didn't know what it 
> is so i had a good read of their website. Foveon seem to make some major 
> claims about how their chip is like film and produces results comparable 
> to film. I can seem how the chip could be much better than an ordinary 
> CCD or CMOS chip but am a little dubious. Has anyone any experience in 
> using the Foveon X3 chip and if so does it produce better, more 
> emulsion-like quality images? What about capturing highlights and 
> lowlights too? Sorry, just curious! Thanks in advance.
> 
> All the best,
> Gareth.
> 



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