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Originally Posted by Merlin66
Peter,
The statistics of the "Shot noise" probability says yes... some of those very short exposures will record a photon.
Over an extended period (ie leaving the shutter open) the probability of collecting the same number of photons is the same.
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Yep, I get that bit...it's all the other camera noise sources going to zero (thermal, read, bulk layer , etc.etc. ) and not swamping the signal I am having trouble getting my head around.