>From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Am I totally confused here? I thought these DCs had no mechanical
>shutter at all, with 'reading' happening in soft/firmware.
Any "reasonable" still digicam has a shutter. Videocams with still capability
operate without a shutter, though.
The sensor is similar in many ways to film. It is "exposed" for a certain
amount of time, during which photon dislodge electrons, causing a charge to
build up in a cell.
When the exposure is complete, the cells are serially charge-pumped off the
chip.
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