New Olympus patent discloses on sensor polarizing filter tech.

Egami spotted a new Olympus sensor patent. Under the classic RGB bayer sensor we have a second sensor capturing the info about the polarization of the light. This would allow you to get rid of the polarizing filter and as an ulterior benefit you would not have a light loss!

Of course as usual we don’t know if such a sensor will ever make it into a real mass production camera…