Questions tagged “image sensor”

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Why do dark blacks turn magenta on a Sony IMX252 RAW pipeline?

sony white-balance noise image-sensor raw-processing

Simo Tort

1y ago

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Does camera calibration focal length depend on photodiode shape or fill factor?

opencv image-sensor focal-length camera-calibration camera-intrinsics

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5y ago

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How can on-sensor PDAF work when left- and right-masked pixels aren’t adjacent?

autofocus mirrorless pdaf image-sensor focus

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5y ago

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Does a camera's sensor megapixel rating match the image resolution it can produce?

camera-specifications image-resolution image-sensor megapixels

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8y ago

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Do on-sensor phase-detection AF pixels affect image quality, and how are they compensated?

autofocus image-sensor raw-processing image-quality phase-detection

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8y ago

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How do CCD pixel values scale with light, and what does gamma correction do?

microscopy image-sensor gamma ccd exposure

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8y ago

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Why do stars appear as small disks instead of points in photos?

diffraction optics image-sensor astrophotography focus

user2844

9y ago

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How do mirrorless cameras meter exposure without a separate sensor?

mirrorless exposure-metering image-sensor camera-technology

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9y ago

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Why do Bayer color filters overlap, and what would narrower RGB filters do to image color?

digital-cameras image-sensor bayer-filter color-science spectral-response

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9y ago

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Can storing a digital camera near a microwave oven damage it?

camera-safety storage image-sensor electronics microwaves

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9y ago

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Can a digital camera capture multiple ISO levels in a single exposure for HDR?

hdr iso image-sensor raw dynamic-range

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9y ago

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What does 'a sensor with automatic exposure bracketing' mean?

hdr exposure-bracketing image-sensor camera-features

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10y ago

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How does a camera sensor form a long-exposure image?

night-photography long-exposure image-sensor shutter-speed exposure

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10y ago

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Do Bayer color filters have fixed peak wavelengths for red, green, and blue?

image-sensor bayer-filter color-science spectral-response

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10y ago

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Why are RAW files often smaller than TIFF if a camera sensor uses RGB color filters?

tiff image-sensor bayer raw demosaicing

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10y ago

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Is there an industry standard for how much intense light an image sensor can safely withstand?

solar-photography standards sensor-damage image-sensor sun

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10y ago

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What does full well capacity refer to in a digital camera sensor?

sensor image-sensor raw dynamic-range exposure

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10y ago

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Can one image sensor capture a stereoscopic 3D image?

3d-photography stereoscopic lenses adapters image-sensor

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10y ago

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What does the trigger pin do on a CMOS image sensor?

rolling-shutter cmos-sensors trigger image-sensor camera-sync

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10y ago

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Why do most electronic shutters read the sensor row by row instead of all at once?

rolling-shutter image-sensor global-shutter electronic-shutter camera-technology

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10y ago

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