Notes on CCD Image Sensors

Vertical smear

Smear tends to be produced when an extremely bright object is being shot; it is more likely to occur with a faster electronic shutter speed.

Vertical tails show on the image.

Bright object

(mercury lamp, the sun, reflections, etc.)

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Monitor screen

 

 

 

Vertical smear

 

 

 

Aliasing

When patterns of stripes or lines are shot, they may appear jagged.

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