A method of processing an array of pixels captured by an image capture device, comprising: (a) providing a first two-dimensional array of pixels from the image capture device, some of which are color pixels, and some of which are panchromatic pixels; wherein step (a) includes: (i) providing a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, arranged in rows and columns, wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors; and (ii) positioning the first and second groups of pixels to define a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels, so that at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the second group and some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the first group, wherein the rows or columns that are composed only of pixels from the first group are composed of at most two colors of pixels from the first group. (b) determining in response to ambient lighting conditions, whether panchromatic pixels are to be combined with color pixels; (c) if in step (b) is determined that panchromatic pixels are to be combined with color pixels, then combining pixels determined from step (b) to produce a second two-dimensional array of pixels which has fewer pixels than the first two-dimensional array of pixels; and (d) correcting the color pixels produced in step (c); wherein the first two-dimensional array has one of the following minimal repeating units: P P A B P P B C or P P A B P P P P B C P P or P A P B P B P C or P A P P B P P B P P C P wherein P represents pixels of the second group, A represents pixels of a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents pixels of a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents pixels of a third color of pixels of the first group. (a) providing a first two-dimensional array of pixels from the image capture device, some of which are color pixels, and some of which are panchromatic pixels; wherein step (a) includes: (i) providing a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, arranged in rows and columns, wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors; and (ii) positioning the first and second groups of pixels to define a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels, so that at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the second group and some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the first group, wherein the rows or columns that are composed only of pixels from the first group are composed of at most two colors of pixels from the first group. (i) providing a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels, arranged in rows and columns, wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors; and (ii) positioning the first and second groups of pixels to define a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least six pixels, so that at least some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the second group and some rows or columns of the minimal repeating unit are composed only of pixels from the first group, wherein the rows or columns that are composed only of pixels from the first group are composed of at most two colors of pixels from the first group. (b) determining in response to ambient lighting conditions, whether panchromatic pixels are to be combined with color pixels; (c) if in step (b) is determined that panchromatic pixels are to be combined with color pixels, then combining pixels determined from step (b) to produce a second two-dimensional array of pixels which has fewer pixels than the first two-dimensional array of pixels; and (d) correcting the color pixels produced in step (c); wherein P represents pixels of the second group, A represents pixels of a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents pixels of a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents pixels of a third color of pixels of the first group.