D-Train Loc: Bend, Oregon

I stumbled across an interesting article today that I thought you guys might be interested in reading.

https://www.thephoblographer.com/2019/03/23/this-technology-can-make-a-camera-resolve-terapixels-not-megapixels/

I can't say that I really understand the science of HOW this works, all I care about is the possible end results. I assume this is probably how this was done.

Pretty cool stuff, huh?

travisdeland Loc: deland, FL

Interesting article. It'll be interesting to see if, and how quickly this technology is developed and migrated into the photography world.

ricardo7 Loc: Washington, DC - Santiago, Chile

I think I am going to go back to film.

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Go back? I'm polytheistic when it comes to photography.

Andy

CO

That's an interesting article. I wonder if camera shake could be an even bigger problem. We know that with the latest high resolution sensors, one's technique must be even better to avoid blur caused by camera shake.

How big would the file sizes be? Some RAW files are already 100MB in size.

markhawthorne

Yes, that is pretty cool stuff. What I am wondering is will it make the digital images larger in size? Some of the raw images I've taken with my 24 megapixel camera are around 28+mb - JPGs around 8-10mb. A prolific photographer could fill up a hard disk in not too short a time if the images are even larger. Anybody know?

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Sounds like a bunch of hogwash to me!. For one thing, there is no such thing as a Foveon filtration scheme!

D-Train Loc: Bend, Oregon

I'm sure the file sizes would grow exponentially as well. Oh well, pretty soon you'll be able to buy SD Cards in the terabytes. Or you'll have to carry an external hard drive with you, but think of the photos you'll be able to capture! I just love technology!

D-Train Loc: Bend, Oregon

Gee, why so negative?

CO

Foveon is what Sigma calls their sensor. Instead of the Bayer array that most sensors use, the Foveon sensor has three layers of silicon. Some wavelengths will pass though the upper layers and register with a lower layer.

markhawthorne

Thanks for the reply. I love technology too! Emailing your photos may become a thing of the past with the 15 - 25mb constraints most email systems enforce. Photoshop may have to be retooled with file sizes like that. And I wonder if the difference in photo quality is something that we'll actually be able to see. In any event, photography sure keeps our lives interesting!

D-Train Loc: Bend, Oregon

Yes, file size is definitely an issue if you want to email it to someone. So after a lifetime as an IT guy, and after using iCloud, OneDrive, and Dropbox for years I have settled on just one. I have a subscription to Microsoft Office for (I think) $6.99/mo. and it comes with 1TB of free space in the cloud. This one seems to me to be the easiest of the 3 to use. So if you want to send someone a large file just upload it to your OneDrive then share it from there. It will create a unique link for you to send to someone then just email the link to whomever you want to have access to the file and they will be able to download it without having to have a OneDrive account or needing a password or login. I also love that I just pick which folders on my computer that I want to sync with OneDrive and anytime I put a new file in one of those folders it automatically copies it to my OneDrive account which is like having a backup drive on the web, so if anything happens to your computer or computers hard drive you will always have a secure backup of whatever is important to you on the web. It all works very well and I love it.

It, however, can sometimes get a little confusing though if you delete a file off of your local hard drive sometimes OneDrive will put it right back if you're syncing in both directions. So how does OneDrive know if I want to also delete the copy that's stored there or replace the missing file from my local drive? I haven't dug into this too much but this can sometimes be a little confusing.

markhawthorne

Thank you for that. I had to laugh; I've had a subscription to Microsoft Office ever since they started them and I have never used the storage provided. DUH! I'll check into this and start using it. Thanks for the tip!

AndyH Loc: Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Ditto! I've had Office online for about a year and never checked out the One Drive feature. Sounds pretty useful.

Andy

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

I'm very much aware of that, but the filtering is the same, they either leave it out, or not, same thing, so their is no specific scheme! That has always be been the case with Foeveon sensor's and cameras, before and after Sigma acquired them!