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From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Subject: Re: Digital cameras
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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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