A sub-pixel 16 bit charge coupled device camera featuring superresolution for the soft X-ray regime is presented. Superresolution images (SRIs) are reconstructed from a set of 4 × 4 individual low-resolution images that are recorded for different sub-pixel shifts of the detector. SRIs have a 1.3 times higher resolution than individual low-resolution images which is close to the maximum achievable enhancement factor of about 1.5 in the X-ray regime under ideal conditions. To characterize this camera and demonstrate its potential, an X-ray microscope setup is used to image different objects at different photon energies.
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