 So,
how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? If you're like
me, you tend to think in inches. So the fact that a micron is
equal to one millionth of a meter
really doesn't mean very much.
OK,
here it is in inches. There are about 25,400 microns in
1 inch. So, when you read that there are 300,000 pixels in a
1/3 inch CMOS camera sensor, now you can visualize just how
small a 3 micron pixel really is.
Below
is a graphical representation of the difference between one
micron and one inch.
Well
actually that's what I wanted to do. But, a micron which I've
represented as 2 pixels deep on your monitor on the left, would
require me to make a 50,000 pixel long graphic to show you an
inch on the right.
So,
below you will see a comparison of one micron (shown
2 pixels deep) to 1/10th of an inch (shown as 5000 pixels
deep on the right).
Scroll
down to get a feeling for how small a micron is for yourself.
And remember, the comparison is to only 1/10 of an inch. |
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pretty impressive what scientists have already been able to
do. Our technology is advancing so rapidly that the next decade
will be the most exciting ever. And we DAKonians are going to
be leading the way and benefiting from the advances. |
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