Are CCD's more susceptible to reflections than film?

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Do you think that CCD's are more susceptible to reflections than film?

I wouldn't know, I've never used film
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I've never experienced any significant difference
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CCD's are clearly more susceptible to reflections in my experience
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Film is clearly more susceptible to reflections in my experience
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No votes
Depending on the situation one of the two is clearly more susceptible to reflections in my experience
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Are CCD's more susceptible to reflections than film?

Postby ElRonno on Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:02 am

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Digital camera CCD or CMOS sensors are highly susceptible to reflections - this stray light can ruin your photographs! Don't risk your valuable photos by using bare-glass filters.


Do you think that this quote is right, especially in relation to conventional photography?
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Postby birddog114 on Fri Jul 15, 2005 7:53 am

No, I don't think it's correctly quoted.
It depends on what the lighting sources and shooting situation.
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Postby gstark on Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:30 am

From where does this quote come?

Why would the same not be true of film-based technology?
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Postby sirhc55 on Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:18 am

If shooting directly towards the sun the photosites can be overloaded and cause some extreme reactions, as seen in a pic posted this week. The same situation could be handled more readily by film, but you would still have a reaction, but not as extreme as digital.
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Postby jdear on Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:16 pm

I remember being in car when I was young and my dad telling me that looking at shiny reflections can damage your eyes...

I tried all day not to look at reflections from that point on... it was shortlived.

...im not sure the relevance of that.

my old digital PnS manual said not to point it at the sun for "prolonged periods" because it would damage the CCD sensor.

Certainly unless you are shooting a mirror reflecting the sun, I would not worry about this comment.

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