Software update
 

Check out the development blog -- I got the LCC1 ("Color interpolated image using Laplacian second-order color correction I") algorithm working! I put a sample image up that you can download, plus the same image as a pre-Bayer TIFF.

Re: Software update
 

<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Scott : Check out the development blog -- I got the LCC1 ("Color interpolated image using Laplacian second-order color correction I") algorithm working! I put a sample image up that you can download, plus the same image as a pre-Bayer TIFF. -->>>

It looks good, but it's awful green. It seems like you're using the LCC1 as your Bayer filter? Is the green normal when the image has only been Bayered?

Re: Re: Software update
 

Yes, that image is using LCC1. I'm guessing the green cast is normal and it just needs color correction, but I don't know that for sure.

I don't see the image what is the name Rob?

also Steve:

Steve I would be very happy to do that with the ground glass BUT..this chip is so much less sensitive then the 1300 I am really not sure we would get anything that could be used professionaly from it..if it was the same as the 1300 it would work...argg ;)

not bad Rob not bad...

What camera are you using?

I think I have made my mind up.

I am going to use the 1300chip for now and make a working prototype camera with case LCD screens software etc as a proof-of-concept and use it as much as I can to work all the real-world bugs out for production work...maybe even shoot a short film with it..by this time the Altasense will be out and I can buy that camera/chip and upgrade from 32bit pci ->64bit pci-x. I will buy the micro board now that has 64bit so that it is ready when the new chip and 64bit grabber are out..does anyone see any problems with this plan?

This will give me :

A: a working camera less the smear factor
B: keep things moving along even though it is not the final hardware so that I will be ready when the stuff is on the market from Silicon Imaging

You are on the right direction!!!!
The pentium M motherboard you mean?

Obin, sounds like a good plan. It will also solve a big question for the group - is the 1300 smear managable in a real shoot? The only value in the 1300/3300 is in cost. Certainly people who can afford to move to the Altasens when it is out should do so. You will be doing the people who need to build a <$5K system a big service.

When I have real ship dates on the SI-1920HD and 64 bit Epix FG, I'll let everyone know.

I'm using the SI-1300.

what is that hefty pricetag on the Altasense Steve?

<<<-- Originally posted by Steve Nordhauser : Obin, sounds like a good plan. It will also solve a big question for the group - is the 1300 smear managable in a real shoot? The only value in the 1300/3300 is in cost. Certainly people who can afford to move to the Altasens when it is out should do so. You will be doing the people who need to build a <$5K system a big service. -->>>

This is what a lot of people on the board are looking for. As nice as working with an Altasens, a lot of people watching this thread are prosumer camera users (like me) who are looking for a way to increase production value without increasing our costs. For people like that, a sub $10,000 just isn't a practical reality. A sub $5,000 camera is just about doable, with a lot of scrimping and saving. If the smear problems turn out to be managable, that's something a lot of us will be willing to deal with.

BTW, Just for pricing info,

I'm blocking out $12,000 for a proposal I'm putting together to build a camera around the Altasens-based SI-1920/EPIX 64-bit card and a custom-built enclosure that should be somewhat ergonomic.

As of right now though, there's a very real possiblity that I'll be directing a project in October, which will require quite a bit of pre-production this next month-and-a-half, so I won't be building anything till this shoot is over-which seems good, because it seems as though the parts won't be available till then either!

Steve: in response to your question regarding my field of view
note on the 3300 I wrote the following which I think you missed:You wrote earlier in the thread:So I assume my point from above is valid in that the 3300
can't do the fractional skipping but the AltaSens can?