Phase One Trichromatic: Marketing vs Technology

Luminous Landscape publishes an article by Doug Peterson on the recently announced Phase One Trichromatic image sensor explaining the science behind it. There is a striking difference between the marketing presentation and what has been really done.

Here is how Phase One marketing presents Trichromatic color filter:

However, the real color response looks quite different:

The main color filter improvements developed together with Sony are:

• The amount of overlap between the red, green, and blue spectral responses is decreased and is steeper
• The improved “tail clipping” cleans color contamination
• Near-UV cut
• Colors balanced with respect to how much light pixels see

Thanks to TG for the pointer!