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Re:Ask HN: Insider history of the demise of Kodak? by zfedoran on Sunday July 17, 2016 @06:59PM (#12112323)
I wish he would have designed it to be easier to remove ;)

A few of us adventurous armature astrophotography nerds have been trying to remove the bayer matrix off our DSLRs, without destroying the sensor, for a while now. It's unfortunate that there are so few options for true monochrome sensors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Lgju9L23c

https://stargazerslounge.com/topic/166334-debayering-a-dslrs...

Interestingly, the kodak KAF-8300 is still a very popular option for commercial monochrome sensors.

Re:Ask HN: Insider history of the demise of Kodak? by emmelaich on Sunday July 17, 2016 @07:18PM (#12112379)
"armature" Nice pun :-)