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"Less Megapixels = Better Color"...

Started Oct 9, 2018 | Questions thread
SamfromAL Regular Member • Posts: 242
Re: "Less Megapixels = Better Color"...

This is the correct way to look at it for sure.  How much light is coming into a pixel, how much can it capture, how much can it output to an analog to digital converter, is the bit width of the converter large enough.

One term is Quantum Efficiency.

All of these things are design trades.

Reason would indicate a bigger pixel will collect more light but, technology can improve light collection.  So a smaller pixel may have the same collected light as an older technology bigger pixel.  Notice tho that this is harder to do- making a smaller pixel more efficient at light collection.

Also I believe it is Leica or some other vendor that made a B&W only detector the dynamic range was outstanding.  Why because it collected all the light, not just filtered light, any filter is reducing the incident light on the detector.  There is one example of signal degradation that has less of a resolution influence.

Ha, Fuji colors aren't accurate but they are pleasing

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