Technical Guide (Pixel Shift Edition)

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The image sensor can also be shifted by units smaller than a single pixel. Since the camera captures
more detailed information, higher-resolution images than those captured by shifting one pixel unit can
be generated. Nikon cameras can shift the image sensor by 0.5 pixels.
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Pictures taken with the pixel shift shooting function can be merged into a single, high-resolution image
with Nikon's NX Studio software. Noise can also be averaged and reduced by merging multiple images.
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What Is “Pixel Shift”?