The SD14 uses an innovative, direct image Foveon X3 sensor capable of detecting red, green and blue light at every single pixel. Its high image quality comes from 14 megapixels, each pixel faithfully expressing what it sees. The colors produced by this three-layered image sensor, which works like photographic film, give human visual perception a fresh impact, creating the kind of extremely vivid feel and amazing texture. There's absolutely no loss or distortion of the optical data. That data is transformed into a faithful image, with no omissions