Sony Shoots For 4-Filter CCD, 8 Megapixel Camera

Artifex writes "If you're looking to spend about $1200 on a new digital camera, check out this Digital Photography Review look at Sony's upcoming 8 MegaPixel Cyber-shot DSC-F828. The most interesting thing isn't the number of pixels in this prosumer-grade camera, but its 4-color filter CCD system. ['Instead of the traditional RGB color filter array, the new CFA is made up of Red, Green, Blue and Emerald (like Cyan) color filters.'] I've always been a strict Canon fan, but this is making me think twice."

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Re:Forget it

[doctor_no]

let's also not forget that there seems to be draw backs to the foveon CCD as well.

here's an experpt from dpreview from the review of the Signam SD9 which uses the CCD...

"Sensitivity is limited and image sharpness and color response seem to drop off at higher ISO's. More serious is the tendency to clip color in a highlight, something I've described as "color clipping" and "gray halos". At this stage it's unclear if this is a sensor issue...Unnatural blue skies / chromatic aberration sensitivity ...Disappointing long exposure performance" ...let's hope Foveon and Sigma can find solutions to these problems.