apparently, people chasing high dynamic range (HDR) imagery are 'photo nerds' according to the author of this: http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9864843-39.html?part=dht&tag=nl.e703 "Panasonic showed technology on Monday that could shift the digital photography trend of high-dynamic range photos off the computer and directly into a camera image sensor. " "Yamada showed a 177x144 pixel image sensor that takes three photos of the same scene in rapid succession. In one example, he said, the first exposure lasts 1.5 microseconds, the second 150 microseconds, and the third 15,000 microseconds (not far from a 1/60 second exposure). Extra circuitry built into the sensor records the data from the multiple exposures and uses an assortment of electronic capacitors to combine it into a single image that spans a greater dynamic range. The image can span a dynamic range of 140 decibels compared with ordinary sensors with a 60dB range".. "Although the Panasonic research shows some promise, though, photo nerds should rein in their hopes: the research showed only a black-and-white images so far and is suited "for automotive and security cameras,".." I guess it's step one. karl
