Are current prosumer digital cameras squant-enabled?

Looking for a mid-range squant-capable digicam. I understand Nikon's new
chip is capable of detecting squant, but it is not used in their
system. Such a shame, throwing away an entire primary color just for the
sake of backward co-compatibility. With film I used to get such rich,
vibrant squants using Fuji Velvita.

For more info please see
http://www.negativland.com/squant/index.html

Corry

 

*sigh*

 

Nice try

But the new Nikon chip detects R, G, B and emerald. The emerald being
in between green and blue. It might be cyan, but it might also be
something narrower.



Roland

 

Yes, yes, I know. I failed to perform research to determine if the
TOTALLY DIGITAL D666 was squant-enabled. It isn't. It does, however,
detect N-Rays when dark.

Sorry for the oversight.

Corry

 

Sony are doing something similar with their CCDs
http://www.steves-digicams.com/diginews.html#sony4color

 

Yepp - it ws Sony - not Nikon. Nikon's sensor was this
CMOS lookalike (LBCAST) thingie.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0307/03071802nikonsensor.asp

BTW - the Maniac ought to understand that Emerald is
just a name. He also ought to understand that all sensors
in a sensor array do not need to be prime colors. Moreover,
the emerald thingie might be cyan, which is a complementary
prime color.



Roland

 

The problem with digital cameras is that they put the squants between
upbeat songs and dead dogs. The squant properly belongs between the letter
U and the numeral 2. You just can't have squants next to Snuffles. And
digital imagery farces that on you.

You still can get rich, vibrant sqants with Velvita. You probably are
setting the film speed to 40, instead of 50. That little kick of
underexposure locks you right into to squants.

Hope this is of some help.

 

Sounds similar to Fuji Reala film fourth layer.

 

cheesy film?

 

lmao!

 

| On Mon, 21 Jul 2003 20:35:11 -0400, "Mark B."
<>
| wrote:
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| >
| >| >> Looking for a mid-range squant-capable digicam. I understand
Nikon's new
| >> chip is capable of detecting squant, but it is not used in their
| >> system. Such a shame, throwing away an entire primary color just
for the
| >> sake of backward co-compatibility. With film I used to get such
rich,
| >> vibrant squants using Fuji Velvita.
| >
| >cheesy film?
|
| lmao!

Ekshly, a film-like, celluloid-like photography product.

 

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In <> on Mon, 21 Jul 2003 13:32:40

Better than falling prey to troll. ;-)

 

After doing some infrared, I became interested in squant photography with
the standard prosumer cameras. I found a classified source (a friend who
works with the DOD) who provided me with some celluloid squant filter
material. I fashioned an adaptor to my Oly C-3000, and did a test by
using the remote control for my television. It's true! Not only does the
remote give out squant in significant amounts, my Oly has some
sensitivity to squant. I then did some photography using a tripod and
some long exposures - I needed about 6 EV more exposure than normal with
the filter attached. The resulting squant photos are quite interesting.
One of the challenges in allowing this to be released to the public is
that most normal textiles are transparent to squant. My trip to the beach
proved that!

I suspect that clothing manufacturers will have to work on squant-opaque
coatings for most normal fabrics. In the meantime... well, let's just say
that I'm going to be vacationing in the tropics over the next few
weeks...

Prime