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[filmscanners] RE: Newish Digital Tech
> From: Austin Franklin
>
> I’d believe that PMTs have a much lower noise floor than CCDs and that is
> the reason for the much higher dynamic range, and obviously better shadow
> detail. Is that what you are talking about?
>
> As far CCD sensitivity...CCDs have a minimum number of photons before they
> can “register”, but I believe that once that level is reached,
> “most” of the
> photons that hit the sensing area are being “counted”
> (accumulated)...I don’
> t believe they are doing “nothing”?
Maybe. I'm surprised Kennedy hasn't jumped in--he might know. Or is he even
on this list?
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Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul mailto:pderocco@ix.netcom.com
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