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Re: [OM] Digital Noise

Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Noise
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 23:24:13 +1000
Yes, the shot noise is just one aspect of the problem and I have my suspicions 
about whether it is as important as the author asserts.

...Wayne



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Subject: Re: [OM] Digital Noise

It would have been a great illustration if only he had been able to count the 
drops.  Because he couldn�t I felt that it was a rather pointless one.  And I 
come back to his definition of noise: the variation in numbers of drops doesn�t 
seem to me to be a clever way to describe it.

Chris

> On 22 Sep 15, at 01:13, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Actually, I rather liked the analogy of raindrops and the quantum nature of 
> light.  Made perfect sense to me.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> On 9/21/2015 5:25 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>> Not as far as I could tell, Moose. I didn't mind the article, but I didn't 
>> like his description of noise: the variation in light hitting the sensor.
>> 
>> I think that you'd enjoy reading it.
>> 
>> Chris
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