jdouglas76

I want to thank everyone that has posted on here about removing the bayer filter. It has helped me quite a bit in my experimenting.

I have been having a difficult time getting my raw images converted with dcraw. They are overexposed and if I adjust levels I get a very grainy image. I have just been using DCRAW -D image.cr2 to convert. I have only so far removed the glass on point and shoot digitals. I have been using a hot air rework station to heat up the glass on the sensors. So far I have removed the glass from five small sensors without to much trouble. The one I converted is a canon s2is and I had to use CHDK add on to get RAW from it. I am wanting to convert a canon g12, canon rebel or nikon d80 next. Someone said that C2H4Cl2 1,2-dichlorethane will remove the sensor bayer filters. I have not yet checked to see where I can get this toxic solvent. I do plan on trying it at some point.

I would love to know what software maxmax is using to produce the nice test images on their web page. I also wonder if CHDK could be modified to produce a good clean image automatically in camera without post processing.

I did not take the picture in ideal lighting but the jpeg of this image still looked far better. This is the best image I've been able to make. I am hoping I can learn of a better raw conversion before experimenting on more expensive cameras.