Digital Photography Takes Off

A New Leaf

The linear array is not the only game in town. The area array, or matrix, sensor has emerged more slowly than the linear array, but now has cleared the way for faster, cleaner image capture and made digital photography an economical possibility for a greater variety of workflows.

Interwest tested and considered the available three-shot and single-shot area array digital cameras and decided against the single-shot options. “Although (they) will allow you to shoot live subjects ... and are getting very good ... the multi-shot cameras still have an edge as far as image quality, and they capture more detail,” explains Doug Orgill, studio manager for Interwest/Rastar.