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They mean 30 times as sensitive ie. sensing 1/30th as much stuff. That's what "a factor of n" means btw. Maybe you had in mind "a power of".
by strainer 8y ago
They mean 30 times as sensitive ie. sensing 1/30th as much stuff. That's what "a factor of n" means btw. Maybe you had in mind "a power of".
- DuskStar 8y agoIf previous sensors required 300 photons and new ones require 10, that would be an absolutely incredible achievement. (Scale that to whatever current state of the art is for camera sensors, of course) That's what I think of when I hear "30x improvement", at least.
- strainer 8y agoYeh that's the plain meaning. They will be referring to a particular sensor type. Amazement is no cause to say the claim is "unreal"
- jjeaff 8y agoSensing 30 times as much stuff is not the same as sensing 1/30 as much stuff.