Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/02/11

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Digital and lens resolution was Re: APD out
From: "Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 04:48:45 -0600
References: <B88BF831.AE2%dgp@btconnect.com> <NEBBJDFBIKOBILIKPPBNAENKIGAA.red735i@earthlink.net> <5.1.0.14.2.20020210155450.03acb9c0@pop.alink.net>

Jim:

>Astronomers cheat. They take four separate pictures, moving the sensor half 
>a pixel (right, down, left, up) slightly for each photograph, thus 
>capturing that data that falls in between pixels and that double
>data that falls on one pixel. This is how they resolve double stars and the 
>like.

So why couldn't a 4-chip camera be used?  Sorta like the 3-chip video
cameras.


Eric
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In reply to: Message from David Prakel <dgp@btconnect.com> ([Leica] Digital and lens resolution was Re: APD out)
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Message from Jim Brick <jim@brick.org> ([Leica] RE: Digital and lens resolution was Re: APD out)