Quote Originally Posted by Kayaker72
This has some thinking that the new sensor may be Foveon-like, in that each pixel, instead of reading a single color (as our current sensors do), will record data for three colors.

Foveon technology has a host of permanent disadvantages compared to Bayer, most notably: terribly poor color accuracy and bad chroma noise. They can never be fixed or improved because they are integral to the technology itself. The only possible advantage is increased color resolution, but is that really any benefit? Most users are going to immediately throw away that color resolution, such as by converting their raw files to JPEG (with usually uses chroma subsampling AKA compression). Even if they don't throw it away, can they tell it's there? Humans are very insensitive to minute variations color details.


It would take a *major* breakthrough, such as sub-pixel prisms or dichroic mirrors, to achieve a non-Foveon method of 3-color co-sited sampling within each pixel. Even if someone were to achieve that, it would only be at the cost of color accuracy. At least until an even *bigger* breakthrough comes on some way to achieve accurate color without filters.