Pixel pitch

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Width of a pixel on a sensor, usually expressed in µm. Simply put, pixel pitch is the distance from the center of a pixel to the center of the next pixel measured in millimetersmicrometers. The smaller the pixel pitch number, the more pixels on the sensor, and thus the greater the resolution.

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