How is visible light used in photography?

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How is visible light used in photography?

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uses of visible light

Special instruments such as visible camera uses the visible lights and utilizes wavelength of visible light from (400~700nm), which is same spectrum that human eye perceives.

A visible camera sensor collects visible light and converts that to an electical signals and than used in colour imaging.

Visible camera sensor creates images with high resolution and accurate colour representation 

Visible light cameras like CCD (charge-coupled device), CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) have been replaced normal camera because of accurate and robust inspection

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