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What happens at each pixel when an electronic sensor is exposed?

An electrical charge is produced.

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  1. A tiny print is made
  2. An electrical charge is produced ✔
  3. A chemical dye is released

Why: With an electronic image sensor, exposure produces an electrical charge at each pixel that is processed into a file.

Huh, didn't know that: With an electronic image sensor, exposure produces an electrical charge at each pixel that is processed into a file.

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Each pixel is charged up about the picture.
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Answer: An electrical charge is produced. With an electronic image sensor, exposure produces an electrical charge at each pixel that is processed into a file.

  1. Photography en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography
    this produces an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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