turnabout: bandh: “We developed all four cameras around a common architecture so the choice of sensor was hedged across all of them. We wanted to be able to capture high frame rates, particularly with the descent camera. We also looked at a 4MP sensor but it would have run around half as fast. And the state of CMOS sensors wasn’t credible in 2004. They’re an interesting option now, but they weren’t then.” (via Why Does The Mars Rover Curiosity Only Have A 2MP Sensor? | Popular Photography) photography + space = !!! View high resolution

turnabout:

bandh:

“We developed all four cameras around a common architecture so the choice of sensor was hedged across all of them. We wanted to be able to capture high frame rates, particularly with the descent camera. We also looked at a 4MP sensor but it would have run around half as fast. And the state of CMOS sensors wasn’t credible in 2004. They’re an interesting option now, but they weren’t then.”

(via Why Does The Mars Rover Curiosity Only Have A 2MP Sensor? | Popular Photography)

photography + space = !!!

(Reblogged from turnabout)

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    Interesting read. We were confounded by/discussing this here at the shop yesterday.
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    photography + space = !!!
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