Resolution, aliasing and light loss - why we love Bryce Bayer's baby anyway

It's unlikely Kodak's Bryce Bayer had any idea that, 40 years after patenting a 'Color Imaging Array' that his design would underpin nearly all contemporary photography and live in the pockets of countless millions of people around the world. It seems so obvious, once someone else has thought of it, but capturing red, green and blue information as an interspersed, mosaic-style array was breakthrough. Image: based on original by Colin M.L Burnett The Bayer Color Filter Array is a genuinely brilli...