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Old January 17th 19, 04:52 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Tips for Mastering In-Camera,Double Exposure Portraits

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Whisky-dave wrote:


Itls digital remmeber either a 1 or a 0 unlike film.


a silver halide crystal on film is 1 or 0, depending if light hit it or
not.


No it is not it has levels the individual molecules do.


it's exposed or it's not. 1 or 0.

a sensor in a digital camera is an analog device whose output voltage
varies on how much light hits it. not 1 or 0.


In yuor dreams perhaps.


nope. that's how they work.

If the sensor is analogue then why is it a digital camera.


because the rest of the camera is digital.

the values stored in memory are as much as 48 bits per pixel, much,
much more than 1 or 0.


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nope. it's exactly on point.