Image sensors are built into every smartphone and every digital camera. They distinguish colors in a similar way to the human eye. In our retinas, individual cone cells recognize red, green and blue (RGB). In image sensors, individual pixels absorb the corresponding wavelengths and convert them into electrical signals.

They use stacked transparent color sensors, like Foveon camera sensors used to.

In numerous experiments, the researchers put the two prototypes, which differ in their readout technology, through their paces. Their results prove the advantages of perovskite: the sensors are more sensitive to light, more precise in color reproduction and can offer a significantly higher resolution than conventional silicon technology.

The fact that each pixel captures all the light also eliminates some of the artifacts of digital photography, such as demosaicing and the moiré effect.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      2 days ago

      If it’s a moving mirror camera* and it’s used to take stills it’s probably fine, as the sensor is only exposed for a fraction of a second per image.
      If you want to film with it or put it in a phone, where it’s exposed all the time, it would certainly not be enough.

      * I have no clue what they are called in english

      • Exec@pawb.socialEnglish
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        1 day ago

        If it’s a moving mirror camera* and it’s used to take stills it’s probably fine, as the sensor is only exposed for a fraction of a second per image.

        You can say goodbye to live view then

        • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          No, the mirror reflects to the view finder untill you press the shutter, then it moves thr mirror to expose the photo sensor and then back.