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Comment by WhitneyLand

Is it really true that larger pixels are better, or is it really only true that sensing more photons is better?

Specifically, what is the reason multiple sensors with smaller pixels could not perform as well or better if their combine total sensor area was larger?

The L16 is an example. It had issues, but they mostly seemed like implementation problems rather than inherent limitations.

After all their challenges seeing that they still apparently raised 100MM in capital, it would seem to suggest something better is possible. https://spot.light.co

Also they have bigger hardware that today’s smartphones would want, but in principal I’ve never understood why smaller pixels are inherently worse as opposed to total photons collected.

parent WhitneyLand 8 years ago

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