Date: Mon, 5 Jul 1999 12:48:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Digital cameras Message-ID: <199907051048.MAA16905@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Luigi Rizzo wrote in list.freebsd-multimedia:
> > On LCD displays, like those in the VR Headsets I have, the number
> > of Pixels on the LCD display is actual 'light emitting'
> > elements. As 3 elements are used for each pixel (R,G and B)
> > you also have to divide Advertised number by 3.
> >
> > So, the trend for marketting is the number of elements and
> > not the number of pixels.
>
> which is ok, except that they call them pixels...
That doesn't seem to apply to digital cameras, though.
At least all of those that I have taken into consideration for
my purchase measure resolution and CCD size in full pixels.
(E.g. the Kodak DC240 is 1280 × 960, and its CCD is 1.3
Mpixels, and those are definitely "real" pixels.)
Regards
Oliver
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