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[Popescu Cezar]

The book, on pg 147, Color to Monochrome Conversion, said:

Wouldn't it be great to just have a grayscale digital camera instead?

Actually such a camera is (or better said was) available under the name Kodak Professional DCS 760M.
Specs from the manufacturer.
A review from a user.
I said "is available" because i saw it once on ebay but the price was quite high.

So, knowing this, the statement

The book, on pg 140, Demosaicing Algorithms, said:

In case you got excited back when i mentioned that the raw captures are grayscale, this process is not user-adjustable. So you'll never be able to prevent your image from being processed in color.

is not quite true, don't you think?

Edited by Popescu Cezar, 28 July 2007 - 07:14 AM.

[adiallo]

I'm aware of the discontinued Kodak monochrome DSLR. It's production was limited to a very small number. In the book I have to talk about currently available options. One day we may see single channel capture devices. In fact Llyod Chambers has just started a petition for a mono back from Phase One. But for now...