Sensors & Digital Capture
6 terms
Sensors & Digital Capture
Phase-detect Pixel
A photosite masked on one side, or split in two, so it sees the scene through only part of the lens and can contribute to focus measurement.
Sensors & Digital CapturePhotodiode
The semiconductor junction within a photosite that converts arriving photons into electrical charge.
Sensors & Digital CapturePhotosite
A single light-collecting element on a sensor, corresponding to one pixel in the final image.
Sensors & Digital CapturePixel Binning
Combining the signal from several adjacent photosites into one output pixel to improve signal-to-noise ratio.
Sensors & Digital CapturePixel Pitch
The centre-to-centre distance between adjacent photosites on a sensor.
Sensors & Digital CapturePixel Shift Multi-shot
A mode that moves the sensor by precise sub-pixel amounts between exposures and combines the frames into one higher-quality image.