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Old 06-05-2006, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by acropolite
Noise levels of an exposure at a given ISO of say 1/250th of a second does not vary with aperture. It will vary with temperature but whether it's taken with a 150mm lens, a 50mm lens the noise level will still be the same. If it did vary there would be no point in dark frame subtraction.
This reference was made for signal, as more signal is built up faster than with a smaller lens. You read it out of context. The image of a 150mm lens will produce a faster image than a 60mm of the same folcal length, as the f ratio is much smaller.
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