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Old 14-03-2005, 07:57 PM
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Originally posted by Astroman
Thanks, would be good if they could turn that filter on and off from the menu. Would be a magic camera and they would sell billions of them.
Actually, I am sure I have heard Canon have been experimenting with a electronically switchable filter. I think the idea is the sensor is rapidly switched from red/green/blue and each pixel read 3 times so that a true RGB image is built. I am not sure if the have been successful but I believe they hold a patent with this method. Possibly you could turn the filter off completely for true monochrome.

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