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Photo Day 3

The document explains the function and types of image sensors in digital cameras, specifically CMOS and CCD, detailing how they convert light into electronic signals. It also defines a pixel as the smallest unit of a digital image and discusses resolution in terms of pixel dimensions. Additionally, it compares Compact Flash (CF) and Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, highlighting their differences in size, speed, and storage capacity.

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Photo Day 3

The document explains the function and types of image sensors in digital cameras, specifically CMOS and CCD, detailing how they convert light into electronic signals. It also defines a pixel as the smallest unit of a digital image and discusses resolution in terms of pixel dimensions. Additionally, it compares Compact Flash (CF) and Secure Digital (SD) memory cards, highlighting their differences in size, speed, and storage capacity.

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Image Sensor

The image sensor converts the optical image to an electronic signal, which is then
sent to memory card. There are two main types of image sensors that are used in
most digital cameras: CMOS and CCD. Both CCD (charge‐coupled device) and
CMOS (complementary metal‐oxide semiconductor) image sensors start at the
same point they have to convert light into electrons. The next step is to read the
value (accumulated charge) of each cell in the image. In a CCD device, the charge
is actually transported across the chip and read at one corner of the array. An
analog‐to‐digital converter turns each pixel's value into a digital value. In most
CMOS devices, there are several transistors at each pixel that amplify and move
the charge using more traditional wires. The CMOS approach is more flexible
because each pixel can be read individually.

What is a Pixel?

A pixel, short for Picture element, is the smallest piece of information that makes
up a digital image. Individual pixels are tiny dots, squares, or rectangles. A digital
photograph consists of millions of pixels, but the individual pixels are too small to
see without magnification. The human eye naturally blends all of the pixels
together to create what appears to be a seamless image.

Resolution
The number of pixels in an image is sometimes called the resolution, one way to
express resolution is width by height, for example a monitor resolution of
1280x1024. This means there are 1280 pixels from one side to the other, and
1024 from top to bottom.

Assignments

Write a one page paper on aspect ratio and its connection with resolution and the
lens
Memory Card
The memory card stores all of the image information, and they range in size and
speed capacity. The main types of memory cards available are CF and SD cards,
and cameras vary on which type that they require.

CF vs. SD

Compact Flash (CF) cards are larger and their connections require the camera to
have pins to make contact with the connectors on the CF card, which are internal.
The drawback to this is that it's theoretically possible to bend the pins on a CF
card. It's rare, but it does happen. The biggest advantages of CF cards: storage
capacity and speed. You can buy CF cards with capacities that far exceed anything
from SD cards and with speeds that are far faster than SD cards (although these
speeds are more likely to be seen in a good card reader than most cameras).

Secure Digital (SD) memory cards have their contacts on the outside, and the
cards are physically smaller. This means that cameras can be made
correspondingly smaller and lighter. SD memory is more widely used than CF card
memory, because most point and shoot cameras use SD cards. SD memory cards
are generally not as fast as CF cards, although some SD cards are fast indeed and
will cost a little bit more.

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