Sensors & Digital Capture
3 terms
Image Sensor
Sensors & Digital Capture
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The silicon chip that converts light into an electrical signal, forming the digital equivalent of film.
Infrared Cut Filter
Sensors & Digital Capture
nm
A filter bonded in front of the sensor that blocks infrared and ultraviolet light to which silicon is sensitive but the eye is not.
ISO Invariance
Sensors & Digital Capture
The property of a sensor whose noise is essentially the same whether a file is brightened by raising ISO in camera or by lifting exposure in processing.