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[OM] Re: [OT] E-3 speculation

Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] E-3 speculation
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:42:58 -0500
Since noise is worse with low signal to noise ratio how is noise reduced 
by cutting the signal strength to each sensor by a factor of at least 3?

Chuck Norcutt

Andrew Dacey wrote:

> On 12/20/05, Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>>If the problem with the 4/3 sensor is noise because of small sensor
>>size how is that solved by using even smaller sensors? The resolution
>>of the three sensors are not additive. All they do is to provide more
>>accurate color.
> 
> 
> Not sure how the size of the sensor changes (from the info the guy
> mentioned) but I suspect he's suggesting that you'd take 3 shots of
> the same scene at the same time, 1 for each sensor. Since noise is
> random, you can then average the 3 shots and the noise should be
> reduced (much like using multi-sampling in scanning).



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