the future is now. reading a press release from tomorrow, foveon along with sigma finally announce the availability of the SD9 digital camera. this is the first device of it’s kind using the X3 pro sensor. if you’ve seen the foveon technology, i hope you realized that this is the most significant introduction in 15 years, as the CCD chip is dead, and the CMOS sensor is the state of the art. this chip can both process still photography, and by grouping pixels together, also support video photography. imagine a dual support chipset for HDTV or SDTV along with fantastic stills. this is not the future. this is happening today (well 17 november 2002). while at comdex i hope to take some foveon images of myself to share with you. read a review at imaging resource.
now an even better comparison of foveon technology, take a look a side by side comparisons under controlled lighting.