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Given the same sensor area, a dramatic increase in pixels will reduce low-light sensitivity. The space between pixels does not collect light, so the more spaces
by djrogers 5y ago
Given the same sensor area, a dramatic increase in pixels will reduce low-light sensitivity. The space between pixels does not collect light, so the more spaces between, the less light collected overall.
Think of a tic-tac-toe grid - it's mostly white space with a few black lines. Expand that out to a 1000x1000 grid in the same space, and there is a lot less white space and a lot more black lines.
- passivate 5y agoWe have been using gapless microlenses on imaging sensors for quite a while now. Also, when the pixels shrink, tech advancements in reducing downstream read-noise also mean that very little ISO performance is sacrificed (if any). Certainly, there is a lot more nuance and tech to discuss, but those are the broad strokes. https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Canon%20EOS%20R5,Canon%20EOS%20R6 https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/PDR.htm#Canon%20EOS%2... https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/RN_e.htm#Canon%20EOS%20R5_14,Canon%20EOS%20R6_14 https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/RN_e.htm#Canon%20EOS%...