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From: nospam on 1 Apr 2007 06:26 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 37 Megapixel Direct Image Sensor brings the revolutionary patented Foveon X3 Full-Color Technology to Nikon's forthcoming full frame Digital SLR, the Nikon D3F. Tokyo, Japan, April 1, 2007 � Foveon Inc., a technology leader of award-winning high-quality digital camera image sensors, and Nikon Coporation, industry leader in photographic equippment for nearly a century, announced their partnership for the forthcoming Nikon D3F Full Frame Foveon Digital SLR Camera. "There has been a longstanding rumour that Nikon was not interested in the full frame format," says Richard Kabuki, product marketing manager at Foveon. "Working together, we perfected the technology to manufacture a larger sensor to Nikon's high standards, eliminating all noise and color anomalies which plagued earlier Foveon sensors, and bringing to fruition photography's first full frame Foveon based Nikon camera." The new Nikon D3F camera has 37 million pixels, arranged as 12.3 million pixel locations in 3 seperate layers, the highest of any 35mm DSLR. "The image quality is like nothing you've ever seen before," explains Mr. Kabuki. Industry pundit Ken Rockwell was overjoyed. "I've already posted a complete hands-on review," he explained, "and my yellow shirt has never looked so good." Mr. Rockwell had previously predicted the Foveon based Nikon DSLR, but was widely criticized for fabricating stories to gain website visitors. The Nikon D3F is available immediately with a manufacturer's suggested list price of $2499. Foveon's former technology partner, Sigma Coporation, was unavailable for comment.
From: Peter A. Stavrakoglou on 1 Apr 2007 07:30 "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:010420070326359656%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <snip> Is it April 1st already?
From: Skip on 1 Apr 2007 08:53 "Peter A. Stavrakoglou" <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:hLMPh.2$C04.1(a)newsfe12.lga... > "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:010420070326359656%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > <snip> > > Is it April 1st already? > Indeed it is... -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm
From: Neil Harrington on 1 Apr 2007 12:02 "Peter A. Stavrakoglou" <ntotrr(a)optonline.net> wrote in message news:hLMPh.2$C04.1(a)newsfe12.lga... > "nospam" <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:010420070326359656%nospam(a)nospam.invalid... >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > <snip> > > Is it April 1st already? Yup. <sigh>
From: John Sheehy on 1 Apr 2007 16:48
nospam <nospam(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in news:010420070326359656% nospam(a)nospam.invalid: > "There has been a longstanding rumour that Nikon was not interested in > the full frame format," says Richard Kabuki, product marketing manager > at Foveon. "Working together, we perfected the technology to > manufacture a larger sensor to Nikon's high standards, eliminating all > noise and color anomalies which plagued earlier Foveon sensors, I don't know where you got your press release, but it missing at least one paragraph. The press release I saw said that the new FFF (full-frame Foveon) has what is called AAAI (anti - alias artificial intelligence). Basically, the sensor has no AA filter under normal circumstances, but when a pixel-to-pixel contrast is high, a bubble rises that scatters light. This way, aliasing is avoided when necessary, but when it is not necessary, the relaxed bubble allows maximum pixel-to-pixel contrast. -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> John P Sheehy <JPS(a)no.komm> ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< |