Nikon Non-Bayer Sensor Patent

Anonymous points me to another article by the same guy who found the last patent.

The patent details a non-Bayer sensor which dispenses with the second green pixel in favor of one that senses between red/green or blue/green as a method of increasing dynamic range.

Filed in 2005, I can’t determine when it was accepted- but we’ve seen these things before I can’t imagine Nikon launching a major new sensor anytime soon- with the market what it is. Also the last sensor was said to be used in to the metering/whitebalance sensors, so we could be looking at a very limited-use situation again.

Thanks, Anonymous!

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