bobatkins Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Foveon has a new CEO, Federico Faggin.<p>See Foveon <a href="http://www.foveon.com/press_federico.html">Press Release</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl smith Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 and hopefully a future? They aren't doing what they should be with the X3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walter_strong3 Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 OK, Carl, give us the real scoop, just what ARE they supposed to be doing with the X3? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl smith Posted September 1, 2003 Share Posted September 1, 2003 Well right now they've got one sensor. Its in an overpriced camera, and has a small market. Bringing out a lower resolution sensor (1.5mp as they have mentioned) for consumer cameras probably wont go over well unless one of the big companies carries it. Foveon can't constantly market on a sensor thats 3 layers but has a lower xy resolution. Spatial resolution is spatial resolution and even with a Bayer filter pattern you're can get more detail. They need to come up with higher resolution sensors and they need to drop prices. Obviously thats not going to happen instantly but having a big partner would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 Whoa Carl, it's easy to sit on the sidelines and tell companies how to run their business, but it's my guess that if they knew how to do this with the 3x chip, they'd be doing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl smith Posted September 2, 2003 Share Posted September 2, 2003 I'm not trying to knock Foveon. Maybe you guys haven't noticed but there hasn't been much action. I'm hoping foveon can break in to something big because its a promising technology but a lower resolution sensor really cannot compete against the higher resolution sensors out there. Even if it does have 3 layers. Unfortunately it may already have taken too long for many pros, although consumers could buy in to it big if it were marketed right. Its an innovative company, with great ideas but I hope they come out with more products! IMO of course. We've got one of the cameras at RIT, and it doesn't get used a whole lot. Mainly because its not a system people are interested in using. The SD-9 cannot be selling that well, and I doubt they're selling enough to maintain the company. I hope they don't decide to market and survive on another lower resolution sensor. But if they bring that 1.5mp sensor I've heard about they'll probably try to put it in the class of point and shoots with 3-5mp, and its not going have the same quality. They likely will refer to it as 4.5mp though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_menegatos Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 It's been too quiet on the foveon front and minolta hasn't released a dslr yet. I wonder.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl smith Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I'm not sure i'm putting the two of those together but it would be interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john falkenstine Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 I've been checking the Foveon netsite for some time after hearing about the sensor. But its reviews have not been exactly glowing. I consider this company as one of the last of the "bubble" companies, with a product that has no future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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