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Why do digital cameras need shutters?
I hope this isn't a silly question. Is it impossible or too expensive to
turn the sensor on and off or something instead of a mechanical shutter? Just wondering. Steve |
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Why do digital cameras need shutters?
"Måns Rullgård" wrote in message ... "Steve" writes: I hope this isn't a silly question. Is it impossible or too expensive to turn the sensor on and off or something instead of a mechanical shutter? Just wondering. It's possible, but slow and inaccurate. It is found on some cheap (phone) cameras. -- Måns Rullgård Thanks How can it be inaccurate? Isn't there a processor clock that could time "shutter speed"? Just wondering and stubborn, too. Steve |
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Why do digital cameras need shutters?
On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:25:30 -0500, "Steve"
wrote: I hope this isn't a silly question. Is it impossible or too expensive to turn the sensor on and off or something instead of a mechanical shutter? Just wondering. Steve Another reason is that it protects the sensor from things like accidental exposure to the sun, as even if the camera was off you could accidently point it at the sun and damage teh sensor. |
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Why do digital cameras need shutters?
Måns Rullgård wrote:
"Steve" writes: I hope this isn't a silly question. Is it impossible or too expensive to turn the sensor on and off or something instead of a mechanical shutter? Just wondering. It's possible, but slow and inaccurate. It is found on some cheap (phone) cameras. Not quite true. The Canon EOS1D used its CCD to control exposure while the shutter was reduced to protecting the imager and keeping dust off, it also meant you could use a 1/500th sec flash sync. The MkII which replaced it (and MkIIN) use a CMOS imager so it's back to using the shutter for controlling exposure, and sadly back to 1/250th sec flash sync. Cheers, Tony -- Newcastle upon Tyne, England (Email address is valid ... for now) |
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Why do digital cameras need shutters?
Steve wrote:
I hope this isn't a silly question. Is it impossible or too expensive to turn the sensor on and off or something instead of a mechanical shutter? Just wondering. In addition to the other replies I believe the camera manufacturers also use the shutter as a black reference to measure sensor native noise. The Nikon D70 "electronically" shutter flash syncs up to 1/500 which is on the "closing" side of the cycle, and I think that should be standard on all high end DSLR's. Cheers, Alan -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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Why do digital cameras need shutters?
Jeremy Nixon wrote:
Alan Browne wrote: The Nikon D70 "electronically" shutter flash syncs up to 1/500 which is on the "closing" side of the cycle, and I think that should be standard on all high end DSLR's. You can only do that with a CCD sensor, not with a CMOS. I didn't know that. Source? -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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