The title says it all, for true black & white pictures, like each luminance value for each pixel!
So we could avoid algorithms to transform a colored picture to a B&W one, I guess it would add quality/sharpness to pictures!
A RAW file only with luminance values!
RAW are RGBG values (CFA), SRAW YUV
But also doesn't it store luminance values also? I mean, some way of recording only the luminance values! :) Or is there a way to do it in the post processing?
I was inspired by this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/860536-REG/Leica_10760_M_Monochrom_Black_and.html
The Leica Monochrom! :)
Cameras have a Bayer filter in front of the sensor (that monochrome Leicas lack), so each photosite receives only light from one part of the spectrum (color); you would need to remove such filter, and that cannot by done by software.
Quote from: scriabinisblackmass on March 21, 2013, 10:59:50 PM
But also doesn't it store luminance values also? I mean, some way of recording only the luminance values! :) Or is there a way to do it in the post processing?
I was inspired by this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/860536-REG/Leica_10760_M_Monochrom_Black_and.html
The Leica Monochrom! :)
You can convert between RGB(A) and YUV back and forth all day long, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YUV#Conversion_to.2Ffrom_RGB