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Can boiling sulfuric acid like you used to dissolve the epoxy package be used to successfully de-bayer a CMOS camera sensor?

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You'd think someone would have a service dedicated to this, but I've wanted a monochrome dslr or mirrorless for like a decade and a half, already.

Preferably Nikon, but my limited understanding is that the canon sensors are easier to debayer.

Crazy thing is you can buy the same sensors monochrome for industrial and astro applications but the cameras are twice as expensive.

Eg Sony IMX455 61MP sensor in the $4k ASI6200: https://astronomy-imaging-camera.com/product/asi6200mm-pro-m...

The cheapest I have seen an IMX455 in a new camera is $3000 for the Sony A7RIV when it’s on sale. And that doesn’t have a lens. Once one has a couple of lenses, a case, a tripod, filters, and memory cards, we’re in the $5000 ballpark.

The IMX455 is an incredible hi end sensor; there’s only about three medium format sensors that exist with higher resolution—forget getting one of those for “only” $5000—but the cost of entry to have one in a usable camera is pretty substantial.

Maybe; I haven't tried that. I don't know what the Bayer layer is made of; if it's glass, you'd need HF or something nasty.

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