First I had heard of this...

New Filter

depending how it is implemented...from a filter to a standard...may want to hold out on that upgrade


QUOTE

"The new method, which has been under development for more than five years, adds "panchromatic" cells that are sensitive to all wavelengths of visible light and collect a larger amount of light striking the sensor."

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RE: upgrading

Confucius say .. "Man who consider all outcomes before taking a step, forever spend life balanced on one foot


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interesting filter, but necessary...?

necessary enough to spend five years on it?

It it works like they say, it is definitly worth spending 5 years on. Photographers are always looking for a way to get a bit shorter shutter speed to freeze the action, or allow a shot to be handheld. With this you could use a lower ISO and have less noise in your shot. Would be very nice.

oh yeah..didn't really think about it that way. That way you wouldn't have to haul a tripod in most situations

I don't think it will prevent a tripod if you think about it...

It doubles light...one stop is double light, so if you shoot with a shutter speed of 1/2, this will double that giving you 1/4, still way in tripod territory (in another case if you shoot at 1/2 with f/2, now you can shoot 1/2 with f/2.8, it's a great start

its definitely good news all round as it can adapted to just about any manufacturers sensor and the only downside seems to be a lack of colour saturation - something which can be fixed far easier in post than reducing noise.

Interesting news this morning @ dslreports.com

Kodak's New Sensor May Eliminate Flash @ dslreports.com

Color Filter Array 2.0 @ 1000nerds.kodak.com

Kodak High Sensitivity Image Sensor Tech @ dpreview.com



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like the one typing this

First Quarter 2008 + plus perfection time = a year...come on Nikon! I'm holding out now :)

lets face it Nikon & Sony need something like this technology -fast - before they run out of marketing spins.

I cant really see it as a replacement for flash - certainly from the sample shots I have seen on the various reports but it would be an enormous boost when shooting fast action shots above ISO 100 where digi's invariably start to become unstuck image quality wise.

I'm just cross because the CNN article used the "shutterbug" word. The filter's interesting, but 1 stop isn't a massive difference in exposure.