Dr Hoch's team extended this idea, arguing that as a plant starts to disassemble its light-gathering apparatus in preparation for winter, its leaves become particularly sensitive to light damage.

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But the reason for the disassembly of the light-gathering apparatus is to recover as many valuable chemicals as possible from each leaf before it drops.

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That may sound impossible, but it apparently works by concentrating the extra light-gathering area of a full-frame lens down to the smaller E-mount sensor area, turning an f4.0 lens into an f2.8 lens, for instance.

ENGADGET

The idea behind UltraPixels is to combine a physically large sensor with big pixels capable of gathering more light.

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Australia took two more wickets but with dark clouds gathering and causing the light to deteriorate rapidly Ponting turned to leg-spinner Smith, whose second ball was smashed for six by Umar Akmal as Pakistan continued their domination.

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There was no moon, and the stars were high and faint, but the rails shone clear and far, as if they were gathering, out of the poverty of darkness, the light that had been scattered in the gloom.

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