ext_45497 ([identity profile] zandperl.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] asterroc 2007-08-16 02:18 pm (UTC)

Hee, me too, so much I can do then!

In B&W film, what happens is a photon hits the paper and causes a chemical reaction in the silver atoms that makes them turn dark after more chemicals (developer) are applied to them. In a CCD the photon knocks an electron off of the atoms in the material, and a moving electron == current.

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