Interpolation is guessing what a value is when you don't

by Kiddpeat - 10/20/04 5:35 PM

In Reply to: What is interpolated? by hooi07

know. The guess is based on knowing other values on each side of the desired point. In this case, the camera doesn't actually 'see' four megapixels. It's guessing what the missing pixels are to come up with a picture. It usually doesn't work very well.