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It should also be clear from the sketch above that we can control the exposure
time of an image by varying the delay between resetting a line and reading it.
However, there are naturally limits to this. Reading out a line of elements
must take a certain minimum time. This minimum time influences the maximum
framerate that the camera can achieve.
time of an image by varying the delay between resetting a line and reading it
(reset and read don't really happen simultaneously but that doesn't matter much
for this sketch). However, there are naturally limits to this. Reading out a
line of elements must take a certain minimum time. This minimum time influences
the maximum framerate that the camera can achieve.

For example, if there are 500 rows on our hypothetical sensor, and reading each
row takes a minimum of 20ns then it will take a minimum of :math:`500 \times
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components that data passes through are as follows:

1. Starting on the OV5647 some minor processing happens. Specifically, flips
(horizontal and vertical), line skipping, and pixel `binning`_ is
configured, and occurs, here. Pixel binning actually happens on the sensor
(horizontal and vertical), line skipping, and pixel `binning`_ is configured
on the sensor's registers. Pixel binning actually happens on the sensor
itself, prior to the ADC to improve signal-to-noise ratios. See
:attr:`~PiCamera.hflip`, :attr:`~PiCamera.vflip`, and
:attr:`~PiCamera.sensor_mode`.
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