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RE: [Digital BW] Re: Scanning

2003-05-27 by Austin Franklin

> Truman writes:
>
> > So while it is probably a misnomer to call anything
> > associated with CCD's analogue ...
>
> It's the other way around:  It's a misnomer to call a CCD digital.  If you
> call a CCD digital because it deals with electrons, you'll have to call
> every electrical device in the world digital, because they all deal with
> electrons.

Good grief, Anthony!  I actually agree with you here ;-)

Clearly the signal coming from the CCD is an analog signal...or why would we
use an Analog to Digital converter to get the signal into the digital
domain.  I'll have to go read what Truman was saying, but that clip seems to
be erroneous, IMO.

Regards,

Austin

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