Thread: Theoretical discussion about CCD / CMOS
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Jedibeeftrix is offline Jedibeeftrix
2011-06-23 , 10:52
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#10
Originally Posted by Darkshine View Post
Have you been drinking a bucket of Jobs-ade? A good big CCD is a plus, granted - a large 5MP CCD might outperform a smaller 8MP CCD, for example - but more pixels are also a plus. like for like, a higher pixel count on the same sized CCD wins out. Don't make me get out my citations

no he hasn't, because in phones we aren't offered bigger CCD's, we are offered the same tiny CCD with more pixels, which means proportionally more sub-pixel grid, which means less surface area to collect light upon.