Image Creation
Floral Reflection. © Tim Meyer 2003.
Chapter 5 Overview
This chapter explores the process that digital capture systems use to convert the light exposing the sensor into a useable digital image. This sequence of steps includes charging the sensor, capturing light energy, moving the charge off the sensor, quantizing the analog signal, and defining the color for each pixel. How much fine detail can be captured is also discussed.
Electronic Sequencing
The lens projects light onto the sensor. Then an image is captured that can be viewed after digital processing. The sequence of steps is not as simple as it looks. The process begins ...
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