Qkano <snapper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > At the camera level the dumbest of all (hello Fuji) are those > cameras that digitally extrapolate upwards to produce bloated file > sizes / higher pixel dimensions. The reason (picking through all > the spin) was that customers had come to ask solely about output > pixel resolutions instead of the sensor ones. The reason is that their SuperCCD layout produces significantly bigger pixel cells at the same pixel pitch, and hence lower noise. The bloated file sizes are just collateral damage. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>