From: "chandler" <chandler@yomogi.or.jp> > Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> writes: > > > The most stupid of all (Was it a Fuji camera) was where the makers > > claimed thier CCD was "better" than other CCD designs so upsampled > > from the number of pixels giving really bloated files - but it made > > those that had mentally linked file-size to quality think they were > > getting a better result. > > Was this the people who rotated the sensor through 45 degrees, making a > "diagonal grid", then claimed that because the minimum _horizontal_ > pixel spacing was reduced by root(2), they could double the pixel count? > > Mr Smart rotates through a further 45 degrees to get a total x4 "improvement" > in philosophical pixels, without any engineering effort. Ahh I'm even brainy than that, I turn the camera upside down.
