Sensors & Digital Capture

5 terms

The number of bits used to record each photosite's value in a raw file, determining how many tonal levels are captured.

The minimally processed values read from the sensor, before demosaicing, white balance or tone rendering.

Noise introduced by the process of reading and digitising the sensor's signal, independent of how much light was captured.

How quickly a sensor's entire array can be transferred off the chip, usually quoted as the time to scan the full frame.

Distortion caused by a sensor being read out progressively, so different parts of the frame record at slightly different times.