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digital sensor technology that captures true RGB color for each pixel by shifting the sensor

See also: true-color sensor
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2020-12-11 Fujifilm Takes Unassailable Leadership of the Medium Format Market: Fujifilm GFX100 with Pixel Shift and Fujifilm GFX100 IR (infrared)

2020-09-11 Sigma FE 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art: Micro Contrast, Moiré, Color Aliasing with/without Pixel Shift and Distortion Correction

2019-11-24 Reader Comments: Whither Nikon?

2019-10-20 Reader Comments: Frame Averaging

2019-10-13 Sony A7R IV: Using Pixel Shift to Capture 4 Frames for Frame Averaging

2019-09-21 Exploring Frame Averaging for Sony A7R IV (Updated with reader comments)

2019-09-19 LibRaw Monochrome2DNG and PixelShift2DNG Are Indispensible for my Current Tasks

2019-09-14 LibRaw Updates PixelShift2DNG for Sony A7R IV, Supports 4-frame and 16-frame Pixel Shift Files

2019-07-19 Sony A7R IV: Serious Doubts About Viability of Sony 16-Shot High-Res Mode for Field Use

2019-04-13 Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode: the Largest Advance in Image Quality in a Decade and It Works with Motion = OMG

Frame Averaging

Maximizing dynamic range and image quality by minimizing noise via multiple exposures..

1. Frame Averaging: Shooting Tips
2. Frame Averaging Case Study: Pixel Shift for Frame Averaging

Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode

Evaluating Multi-Shot High-Res Mode..

1. Panasonic S1R: Single-Shot vs Multi-Shot High-Res Mode2 Motion Correction (Alpine Creek)

Nikon D850 Monochrome Conversion by MaxMax.com

D850 with the RGB Bayer matrix removed for a true monochrome sensor..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra
2. Examples: Eastern Sierra Man-Made Structures

Pentax K-1 Mark II

Verions 2 — 36-megapixel full-frame DSLR with SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode..

1. Examples: Checkerboarding Issues with Pixel Shift
2. Overview/Comparison of Resolving Power with Pixel Shift
3. Pixel Shift vs Single-Shot: Poleta Mining Milling Building
4. Shootout vs Nikon D850: Yellow Tractor

Pentax K-1

36-megapixel full-frame DSLR with SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode..

1. Super Resolution Pixel Shift Mode
2. Pentax K-1 Innovative Features
3. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode Examples: Subject Motion
4. SuperRes Mode: Motion in Landscape Scenes 'Wind in the Palms'
5. SuperRes Motion Correction: With and Without (Watch Seconds Hand)
6. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode: Does Motion Correction Work?
7. SuperRes Pixel Shift: Arcade Night View @ 30 Seconds, Motion Correction Off
8. SuperRes Pixel Shift: Arcade Night View @ 30 Seconds, Motion Correction with Pentax Digital Camera Utility
9. SuperRes Pixel Shift: Two Field Shots at Sunset (White Mountains)
10. Night Exposures in SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode
11. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode vs Std Res: Pellegrino Bottles
12. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode vs Std Res: Dolls
13. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode: Golden Trout Closeup
14. SuperRes Pixel Shift vs StdRes: DEET and Kombucha Bottles
15. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode vs Std Res: Moiré in Fabrics
16. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode vs Std Res: Veiling Blue Haze (ACR bug)
17. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode vs Std Res: Color Inaccuracy, ACR Bug (Macbeth Color Checker)
18. SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode vs Std Res: Color Inaccuracy, ACR Bug (Dolls)

Pentax HD FA 15-30mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR

Full frame ultra wide angle zoom..

1. Aperture Series @ 15mm, with Pixel Shift: Mosaic (Pentax K-1 SuperRes)
2. Aperture Series @ 21mm, with Pixel Shift: Mosaic (Pentax K-1 SuperRes)
3. Aperture Series @ 30mm, with Pixel Shift: Mosaic (Pentax K-1 SuperRes)

Pentax HD DA 24-70mm f/2.8 SDM ED

Bread and butter zoom lens..

1. Aperture Series @ 63mm: Snowy Landscape at Dusk, White Mountain Road

Pentax HD FA 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW

All-new high performance design..

1. Examples: White Mountains
2. Examples: Night Shooting
3. Examples: Laws Railroad Museum
4. Aperture Series: Moots Mooto X YBB MTB
5. Aperture Series: Backlit Bristlecone at Sunset

Pentax smc PENTAX-FA 77mm f/1.8

Full frame medium telephoto..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Pentax K-1 SuperRes + StdRes)

Pentax smc P-D FA 50mm f/2.8 Macro

Macro lens focusing to life size 1:1 in a normal lens..

1. Aperture Series: Map of the World (Pentax K-1 SuperRes + StdRes)

Pentax smc Pentax-D FA 100mm f/2.8 WR Macro

Macro lens focusing to life size 1:1..

1. Aperture Series: Map of the World (Pentax K-1 SuperRes + StdRes)
2. Aperture Series: Burghers of Calais (Pentax K-1 SuperRes, Color and BW)
3. Aperture Series: Church Mosaic, Last Glow (Pentax K-1 SuperRes)
4. Aperture Series: Tiled Water Fountain (Pentax K-1 SuperRes)

Pentax K-3 II (APS-C)

24-megapixel APS-C DSLR with SuperResolution true-color..

1. Pentax K-3 II Electronic First Curtain Shutter (EFC Shutter) Behavior
2. SuperResolution: Checkerboard Effect
3. SuperResolution: Zeiss Siemens Test Target
4. SuperResolution: Texture and Detail (Flower Paper)
5. SuperResolution: Fabric and Color (Cycling Jersey)
6. SuperResolution: Tarnished Silver Pitcher
7. SuperResolution: Ultra Fine Details (Silver Coin, Engraving, Carved-Stone Box)

Hasselblad X1D

Mirrorless large format with leaf shutter lenses..

1. Overview of Hasselblad X1D
2. Hasselblad X1D Sensor Size and Quality Expectations

Scattershot design with today’s cameras.

Rethinking camera design as solving real-world challenges..

1. Introduction to Camera Features

Raising the Bar on Image Quality

Untapped potential for greatly improved image quality..

1. Frame Averaging

Canon EOS R5

Canon’s high-res mirrorless..

1. Introduction to Canon EOS R5

Sony Alpha A7R IV

4th Generation standard-setting camera..

1. Multiple Exposure Frame Averaging for Ultra Low Noise, Improved Tonality
2. Using Pixel Shift to Capture 4 Frames for Frame Averaging
3. Shootout of Sony A7R IV vs Sony A7R III: Siemens Chart

Sony Alpha A7R III

Attention to details: a solid upgrade over the A7R II..

1. Pixel Shift: Checkerboarding Examples
2. Pixel Shift: With and Without with Sony Imaging Edge, ACR
3. Pixel Shift: Sony Pixel Shift vs Adobe Camera Raw Single Frame, Lundy Canyon Earth Shadow
4. Pixel Shift: Aspen at Dusk
5. Pixel Shift: Finely Detailed Mosaic
6. Pixel Shift Examples, Good and Bad Processed from DNG in Adobe Camera Raw

Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G

Compact ultra-wide angle lens..

1. Examples: Alabama Hills

Sigma 35mm f/1.2 DG DN Art

Ultra high speed native-mount moderate wide angle..

1. Examples: Eastern Sierra, Yosemite and Twenty Lakes Basin (Sony A7R IV)

Sigma FE 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art

Ultra high performance medium telephoto..

1. Micro Contrast, Moiré, Color Aliasing with/without Pixel Shift and Distortion Correction

Voigtlander FE 21mm f/1.4 Aspherical

Fast high performance manual focus wide angle..

1. Examples: Sharpness with Pixel Shift

Voigtlander FE 50mm f/2 APO-Lanthar Aspherical

High-grade manual focus normal lens..

1. Aperture Series: Painting of Idyllic Ocean on Burned-Out Van

Voigtlander FE 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar Aspherical

Ultra high grade performer at a modest price..

1. Focus Stacking with Pixel Shift: Twisted, Burned, Broken Downed Tree High in Pine Creek Canyon (Sony A7R IV)
2. Aperture Series: Music Box in Miners Cabin

Voigtlander FE MACRO APO-LANTHAR 110mm f/2.5

High grade macro all-arounder at a modest price..

1. Aperture Series: Mosaic (Sony A7R IV)

Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS

Wide angle to telephoto zoom with optical stabilization..

1. Distortion Correction @ 24mm: Loss of Sharpness and Micro Contrast (Pixel Shift)
2. Distortion Correction @ 105mm: Loss of Sharpness and Micro Contrast (Pixel Shift)
3. Shootout @ 35mm: Sony 24-105/4G OSS vs Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 (Mosaic)
4. Shootout @ 85mm: Sony 24-105/4G OSS vs Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 (Mosaic)

Blog posts, reverse chronological

2020

2020-12-11 Fujifilm Takes Unassailable Leadership of the Medium Format Market: Fujifilm GFX100 with Pixel Shift and Fujifilm GFX100 IR (infrared)

2020-09-11 Sigma FE 85mm f/1.4 DG DN Art: Micro Contrast, Moiré, Color Aliasing with/without Pixel Shift and Distortion Correction

2019

2019-11-24 Reader Comments: Whither Nikon?

2019-10-20 Reader Comments: Frame Averaging

2019-10-13 Sony A7R IV: Using Pixel Shift to Capture 4 Frames for Frame Averaging

2019-09-21 Exploring Frame Averaging for Sony A7R IV (Updated with reader comments)

2019-09-19 LibRaw Monochrome2DNG and PixelShift2DNG Are Indispensible for my Current Tasks

2019-09-14 LibRaw Updates PixelShift2DNG for Sony A7R IV, Supports 4-frame and 16-frame Pixel Shift Files

2019-07-19 Sony A7R IV: Serious Doubts About Viability of Sony 16-Shot High-Res Mode for Field Use

2019-04-13 Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode: the Largest Advance in Image Quality in a Decade and It Works with Motion = OMG

2019-03-30 Reader Comment: First Impressions of Panasonic S1R

2019-03-16 Pentax K-1 Mark II: Using Pixel Shift with Focus Stacking

2019-02-25 Reader Comment: Fake News Camera Reviews (how will the Panasonic S1R perform)

2018

2018-11-30 Image Quality Shootout: Pentax K-1 Mark II with Pixel Shift vs Nikon D850: Yellow Tractor

2018-11-27 How Good is the Resolving Power of the Pentax K-1 Mark II versus a 100-Megapixel Medium Format Camera

2018-11-25 Started Shooting the Pentax K-1 II and Pentax HD FA 50mm f/1.4 SDM AW

2018-07-15 Reader Comment: Automated Focus Stacking

2018-02-02 Sony A7R III Pixel Shift: Is it Viable Outdoors Even in Almost-Still Conditions?

2018-01-28 Sony A7R III Pixel Shift: How Distortion Correction Affects Micro Contrast and Sharpness with Sony 24-105/4G OSS @ 24mm

2018-01-28 Sony A7R III Pixel Shift: How Distortion Correction Affects Micro Contrast and Sharpness with Sony 24-105/4G OSS @ 105mm

2018-01-28 Sony A7R III Pixel Shift: Examples of Checkerboarding Defects and a Puzzling (and Disturbing) Finding About Pixel Shift

2018-01-24 Sony A7R III: Pixel Shift vs Single Frame on Finely Detailed Subject

2018-01-24 Shootout: Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS vs Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4, on Sony A7R III with Pixel Shift

2018-01-23 LibRaw (RawDigger/FastRawViewer) Releases Beta of “SonyPixelShift2DNG”: Makes DNG file from 4 Pixel Shift Files FAST for Direct Use in ACR/Lightroom

2018-01-22 The Tool I’ve Been Waiting for to Process Sony Pixel Shift Files: FastRawViewer/RawDigger Developers Release Beta of 'SonyPixelShift2DNG'

2017

2017-12-23 RawDigger and FastRawViewer Support Sony A7R III 'ARQ' Pixel Shift Files, 25% Off Both Programs

2017-12-22 Sony A7R III: Compressed Raw Gapping

2017-12-16 Sony A7R III Pixel Shift with Sony Imaging Edge vs Single-Frame Adobe Camera Raw

2017-12-16 Reader Comments: Sony A7R III

2017-12-15 Sony A7R III: First Look with/without Pixel Shift with Sony Imaging Edge vs Adobe Camera Raw

2017-12-15 Sony A7R III, Pixel Shift, and Sony’s Imaging Edge/Viewer Software

2017-12-10 Pixel Shift: What Would be the Ideal Workflow for Handling Such Files

2017-12-08 First Impressions Operating the Sony A7R III

2017-12-05 Adobe Support for A7R III Raw Files (even without pixel shift).

2017-12-03 Will Adobe have Pixel Shift Support for the Sony A7R III? Plus Sony’s Image Edge Viewer Installer

2017-12-03 Sony A7R III: B&H has Shipped, but UPS Seems to Have Lost Mine and Many Others

2017-11-29 Soon to Photograph Snow, Assuming Sony A7R III Arrives on Time

2017-11-26 Arriving: Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8R WR for Fujifilm GFX

2017-11-11 Which is Better, Food or Water? (or wine) — Sony Alpha A7R III Pixel Shift vs Nikon D850 'Focus shift shooting'

2017-11-01 Will we See Firmware Updates from Sony and Nikon for Pixel Shift and 'Focus shift shooting', respectively?

2017-10-28 Sony Alpha A7R III: Pixel Shift Facts

2017-10-25 Sony Announces Sony Alpha A7R III

2017-01-07 Reader Question: Sensor Pixel Density, Oversampling

2017-01-06 Reader Comment: Sony Shutter Warning an “absurd behavior for a camera that bills itself as a professional camera”

2016

2016-08-02 Sigma sd Quattro Here: X3I Files Introduce Ultra High Dynamic Range (SFD) mode.

2016-07-20 Pentax K1: SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode in the Field: Two Landscape Images

2016-07-01 Pentax K1: Unrivalled Image Quality in SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode

2016-07-01 Hasselblad X1D-50C: Sensor Size and Pixel Quality

2016-07-01 Hasselblad X1D-50C: Reader Comments

2016-06-22 Hasselblad X1D-50C: 50-Megapixel Mirrorless Medium Format

2016-06-06 In the Field with the Pentax K-1 and SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode

2016-05-25 Pentax 50mm f/2.8 Macro Aperture Series: Church Mosaic, Dusk (Pentax K1 SuperRes)

2016-05-19 PENTAX K1: Focus Stacking in SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode, 'Ultegra Cassette'

2016-05-18 PENTAX K1: Night Shooting Examples in Super Res Pixel Shift Mode

2016-05-18 PENTAX K1: Focus Stacking in SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode, 'Pair of Pears'

2016-05-17 Pentax Digital Camera Utility (for Pentax K1 or K3 II, etc)

2016-05-16 Pentax K1 SuperRes Pixel Shift Mode: Will Adobe Choose to Support Motion Correction in Camera Raw?

2016-05-16 Pentax K1 + Pentax 15-30mm f/2.8 SuperRes Aperture Series @ 21mm (Includes StdRes Comparison)

2016-05-13 Pentax K1 Super Resolution Mode: SuperRes Mode Ends Moiré

2016-05-13 Pentax K1 Super Resolution Mode: In-Depth Comparison to StdRes Mode (Dolls)

2016-05-13 Pentax K1 Super Resolution Mode has Color Problems, Definitely an Adobe Camera Raw BUG — 2nd Example

2016-05-12 Pentax K1: Super Resolution Pixel Shift Mode at Night (30 sec X 4) — Artifacting Analyzed

2016-05-12 Pentax K1 Super Resolution Mode has Color Problems, Definitely an Adobe Camera Raw BUG

2016-05-12 Pentax K1 + Pentax 15-30mm f/2.8 SuperRes Aperture Series @ 15mm (Includes StdRes Comparison)

2016-05-11 Pentax K1 Now Here, SuperRes Pixel Shift at Night

2016-05-07 Pentax K1 Thoughts

2016-05-04 Pentax K1 On the Way

2016-05-03 Pentax K1 Now Shipping

2016-02-29 CONFIRMED: Pentax K1 DOES NOT have an Electronic First Curtain Shutter (EFC Shutter)

2016-02-26 Pentax K3 II: SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode vs StdRes: Tarnished Silver Dragonfly Pitcher

2016-02-26 Pentax K3 II: SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode vs StdRes: Carved Stone Box

2016-02-25 Reader Comment on Pentax K3 II Super Resolution Mode: “Museum Artifact Work”

2016-02-25 Pentax K3 II: SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode vs StdRes on Artifacts: Buffalo Coin and Engraved Letter Opener

2016-02-24 Pentax K3 II: SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode vs StdRes with Saturated Red and Blue Fabric (Cycling Jersey)

2016-02-24 Pentax K3 II: Evaluating SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode vs StdRes with Color and Texture

2016-02-24 Pentax K3 II: Does it Have an Electronic First Curtain Shutter (EFC Shutter)? what about K1?

2016-02-23 Pentax K3 II: Evaluating SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode with Zeiss Siemens Star Chart

2016-02-23 Pentax K3 II in SuperResolution Pixel Shift Mode: Checkerboard Effect

2016-02-21 Pentax K1: Impressive Innovation Unmatched by CaNikon

2016-02-18 Pentax K1 Super Resolution Pixel Shift Mode

2015

2015-08-21 Sony A7R II: Where is Pixel Shift?

2015-07-06 Sony A7R II: Where is Pixel Shift?