Sensors & Digital Capture
3 terms
Megapixel
Sensors & Digital Capture
MP
One million pixels, the standard unit for stating a sensor's resolution.
MP = width × height / 1,000,000
Microlens Array
Sensors & Digital Capture
A layer of tiny lenses, one above each photosite, that gathers light which would otherwise fall on the gaps between them.
Moiré
Sensors & Digital Capture
A false pattern of wavy bands or colour that appears when fine repeating detail in a subject interferes with the sensor's pixel grid.