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Digital camera performance where spatial resolution is determined by the optical component
Author(s) -
Thomson Grant H.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the photogrammetric record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.638
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1477-9730
pISSN - 0031-868X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9730.2009.00566.x
Subject(s) - pixel , digital camera , image resolution , component (thermodynamics) , resolution (logic) , computer science , computer vision , image sensor , artificial intelligence , video camera , remote sensing , computer graphics (images) , physics , geography , thermodynamics
The spatial resolution attributed to digital cameras is usually based on the number or size of the pixels in the sensor. On closer examination it can often be shown that the real limit to the level of detail recorded by a camera will in practice be due to the performance of the optical system. An example of how this happens is given with a comparison between two satellite camera systems.