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  • noun Individual light sensitive element in a digital image sensor.

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  • So given the same amount of time that the shutter opens (and shutter speeds aren’t going up, obviously), that means each photosite is going to get struck by half (or a quarter?) as many photons.

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » On the Sad State of the Modern Compact Camera 2008

  • Each color occupies a single photosite, which is known as a pixel.

    videosaver.net videosaver 2010

  • Each color occupies a single photosite, which is known as a pixel.

    videosaver.net videosaver 2010

  • Not enough to keep up with the fewer and fewer photons each smaller and smaller photosite receives as megapixel counts totter higher and higher.

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » On the Sad State of the Modern Compact Camera 2008

  • Camera engineers have gotten better at making each photosite a little more sensitive, pulling more info from each photon.

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » On the Sad State of the Modern Compact Camera 2008

  • If you cram twice as many photosites onto a sensor, that halves (quarters? my geometry is a bit weak) the size of each photosite.

    hughstimson.org » Blog Archive » On the Sad State of the Modern Compact Camera 2008

  • The idea is that each Tuesday, Sharon posts a new stitch for you to try out - you can then post the results on your own blog or photosite and she does a weekly update of who has tried out the stitch, with links to their photos.

    Take a stitch challenge katelnorth 2007

  • The idea is that each Tuesday, Sharon posts a new stitch for you to try out - you can then post the results on your own blog or photosite and she does a weekly update of who has tried out the stitch, with links to their photos.

    Archive 2007-01-01 katelnorth 2007

  • Tony Brown, one of the critics, will be soon putting up his own photosite, ChernobylHoliday. com, which he intends to have checked for accuracy by Rima and endorsed by the Ukrainian government agency Chernobylinterinform.

    Stalker in Ghost Town? Ray Girvan 2004

  • Tony Brown, one of the critics, will be soon putting up his own photosite, ChernobylHoliday. com, which he intends to have checked for accuracy by Rima and endorsed by the Ukrainian government agency Chernobylinterinform.

    Archive 2004-05-01 Ray Girvan 2004

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