Sensors & Digital Capture

5 terms

Charge that accumulates in a photosite from thermal energy rather than from light, growing with exposure time and temperature.

An exposure made with the shutter closed, at the same duration, temperature and ISO as the real image, used to characterise sensor noise.

A photosite that records no signal at all, appearing as a permanently black point in every image.

The process of reconstructing a full-colour image from the single-colour samples recorded under a colour filter array.

A sensor design offering two selectable amplification circuits, one optimised for dynamic range and one for low noise at high ISO.