What compact digicam has the biggest CCD pixels?

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JPS@no.komm wrote:

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> Paul Rubin
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>>JPS@no.komm writes:
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>>>I've been playing around with RAW data for the last few months, at the
>>>bit level, and I couldn't agree with you more. The digitization
>>>hardware in DSLRs like the 20D is absolute garbage compared to the
>>>sensor quality. A total mismatch, and waste of a very good sensor. The
>>>banding noise in the deepest RAW shadows is a real pain in the ass; if
>>>the noise were random with all patterns removed, it would give images
>>>that lose their noise dramaticcally when downsized or viewed small.

I do not have banding problems with my 10D or 1D Mark II. The test
20D dark frames posted by astrohotographers do not seem to show
banding, at least the ones I've seen. Your camera may have a problem
and might need fixing.
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>>Hmm, I wonder whether software postprocessing can take out the banding.

Take a look at ImagesPlus; it has some tools for this.

Roger