Does all digital cameras interpolate?

[mpenza]

I was reading some postings at dpreview and came across these:
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=2553026

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=2553147

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=2553172

What are your views?

[ckiang]

Quote: Originally posted by mpenza I was reading some postings at dpreview and came across these: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=2553026 http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=2553147 http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read....essage=2553172 What are your views?

As far as I understand, all digital cameras at least interpolate colour. This is required for decoding the colours read by the CCD, which is usually in the Bayer pattern. Each pixel is only one colour.

Regards
CK

[Tweek]

probably except the Sigma SD9, Foveon x3 sensor....