Thread: N9 [Shipping]: It's finally here [for some]!
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2011-10-04 , 22:39
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Originally Posted by crisscross View Post
Revealing tweet from Damian Dinning:"Wondered why Apple needed 73% more light from larger f/2.4 aperture? Answer: Mainly to compensate for smaller pixels #realitydistortionfield"
That does actually make sense. If you increase the number of pixels on the sensor, without increasing the size, the pixels will be smaller and will get less light each. (Which is why a good 5mpixel camera may take better looking fotos than a poor 10mpixel one). Having a bigger aperture will compensate by letting more light hit each pixel.

(and the N9 has a bigger aperture)
 

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