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Blur Caused by Digital Capture

All forms of digital capture introduce sampling blur because the recording technology is discrete.

A digital sensor cannot detect any detail within a photosite. As shown below, detail within a photosite turns to some intensity of gray or color; all internal detail is lost, which also means that a line spanning two adjacent photosites cannot be resolved; at least 3-4 photosites in one direction are needed.

For more on this topic, see Sensor Technology — Blur Inherent to Digital Capture.

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Discrete sampling; no detail within a photosite!

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