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FYI there are digital sensors which aren't using bayer filters. Some are classic sensors missing the bayer filter (leica monochrome for example) other are based on different tech like Foveon sensors [0]

Many people also debayer their cameras themselves, especially in astro photography [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foveon_X3_sensor

[1] https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/166334-debayering-a-dslrs...

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Fuji also use what they call an X-Trans sensor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujifilm_X-Trans_sensor

I picked up a Fuji last Christmas, and it’s one of the best purchases I’ve made in the last decade. Their X-line takes incredible pictures, and is so approachable. If anyone has been considering more serious photography, or is having a child and wants to capture more unique shots of them, I can’t recommend them highly enough.

I'm a big fan, I'm using my XT3 as a webcam right now too!

Which is still pretty much a Bayer sensor, just with a different filter layout. You still have to demosaic to get a usable file. And a well-tuned RAW convertor to do so.

Well, it's still a CFA (color filter array), but definitely not Bayer, which is a specific class of arrangements.

Bryce Bayer was my father. Hopefully I have a few more decades before I'm "debayered".

While the mod is interesting and a way to get into monochrome photography, it should be noted that the mod has disadvantages. Mainly, you end up removing the microlenses. Which seems to cancel out any gains unfortunately.

source: I've done this mod on a couple cameras and wouldn't recommend it for performance gains alone. It's a fun project, not much more.

In Rawtherappee you can choose which demosaicing algorithm to use.

http://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/Demosaicing

That debayering sensor mod looks really interesting :) Nice way to quadruple the effective resolution of your camera, if you don't care about colors.

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