Digital BW, The Print

Bravo, Jeff! A really lucid and  enlightening discourse. 
Thank you for that.

Ian


Message: 11        
   Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2005 19:21:06 -0800
   From: Jeff Medkeff <medkeff@...>
Subject: Re: Artifacts with Digital images

Paul Roark wrote:



> If the sensors are inefficient, capturing less than 100% of the photons,
> wouldn't increasing sensor efficiency be the same as enlarging a cell of the
> same efficiency? 

> How efficient are our sensors?

Paul, here's some stuff, much of which is pasted from lecture outlines 
for an introductory class I teach. Much regarding responsivity, noise, 
and dynamic range, but very long:

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