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What characteristics make a digital sensor good?
Generally, the technical image quality of a digital image (before we get to the post-processing stage) is the product of the characteristics of the lens and the recording medium, with an important ...
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How are the red focus point indicators displayed on a dSLR's focusing screen?
The question Why do the focus points leds appear shadowed? raises another question for me. How are these indicator lights implemented in typical dSLRs? Are they actually small LEDs etched into the ...
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Why not have the diaphragm in camera body instead of the lens?
Why is the diaphragm to control the amount of light entering the camera typically in the lens and not the camera body itself?
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What are all the options or features a DSLR camera body can have?
I was curious to know if there was a place that lists all the options that are possible on a DSLR camera or even which cameras have them?
for example:
Video recording,
Night vision,
The speed in ...
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What are shutter actuations?
I was just reading the question How many actuations are "too many actuations"? and trying to figure out what a shutter "actuation" actually is.
The only thing I can guess is that it's the number of ...
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Why has no one invented a 4:5 aspect ratio APS-C/35mm-sized DSLR?
People keep inventing different form factors and formats for cameras, but none seems to have hit on what seems (to me) like an obvious one. Why doesn't somebody build a camera with a sensor that has a ...
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Where is the AF sensor located in a DSLR?
As I understand every DSLR has a separate, smaller sensor that handles phase detection focusing. Where is it located?
If this location is different for every DSLR, and therefore this broad question ...
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What is the bill of materials for a typical single lens reflex (or mirror-less) camera? [closed]
How does the bill of materials for a camera contribute to the actual cost and/or price of the camera and how do the hidden costs in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a camera to the public ...
