Consumers camera use a Bayer colour filter array because it is cheaper and more compact. Demosaicing is performant enough for most consumer applications that it

Consumers camera use a Bayer colour filter array because it is cheaper and more compact. Demosaicing is performant enough for most consumer applications that it is hard to justify for anything than scientific applications. As a matter of fact, even Motion Picture cameras, e.g. ARRI LF, are using a Bayer CFA.