Brian, not really sure what to suggest ... if you could fool the software into thinking that you have plain monochrome Y800 data then it would preserve all the bayer info.
You know that you've succeeded when you get a monochrome image that has a slight checkerboard appearance when you look at high magnification, the "green" pixels will be a lot brighter than the red and blue.
cheers, Bird
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