diff --git a/rtchallenge/examples/eoc8.rs b/rtchallenge/examples/eoc8.rs
index db6665a..c7a44cd 100644
--- a/rtchallenge/examples/eoc8.rs
+++ b/rtchallenge/examples/eoc8.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ use rtchallenge::{
 struct Opt {
     #[structopt(long, default_value = "rayon")]
     render_strategy: RenderStrategy,
+    /// Number of samples per pixel.  0 renders from the center of the pixel, 1 or more samples N
+    /// times randomly across the pixel.
+    #[structopt(short, long, default_value = "0")]
+    samples: usize,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<()> {
@@ -38,6 +42,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let up = Tuple::point(0., 1., 0.);
     camera.set_transform(view_transform(from, to, up));
     camera.render_strategy = opt.render_strategy;
+    camera.samples_per_pixel = opt.samples;
 
     let mut floor = Sphere::default();
     floor.set_transform(Matrix4x4::scaling(10., 0.01, 10.));
diff --git a/rtchallenge/src/camera.rs b/rtchallenge/src/camera.rs
index ddb137f..f494256 100644
--- a/rtchallenge/src/camera.rs
+++ b/rtchallenge/src/camera.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,12 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
 use crate::{
-    canvas::Canvas, matrices::Matrix4x4, rays::Ray, tuples::Tuple, world::World, Float, BLACK,
+    canvas::Canvas,
+    matrices::Matrix4x4,
+    rays::Ray,
+    tuples::{Color, Tuple},
+    world::World,
+    Float, BLACK,
 };
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, StructOpt, Debug, Deserialize)]
@@ -41,6 +46,8 @@ pub struct Camera {
     half_width: Float,
     half_height: Float,
     pub render_strategy: RenderStrategy,
+    /// 0 renders from the center of the pixel, 1 or higher is random sampling of the pixel.
+    pub samples_per_pixel: usize,
 }
 
 enum Request {
@@ -94,6 +101,7 @@ impl Camera {
             half_height,
             half_width,
             render_strategy: RenderStrategy::Rayon,
+            samples_per_pixel: 0,
         }
     }
     pub fn hsize(&self) -> usize {
@@ -275,7 +283,7 @@ impl Camera {
                 let pixel_resp_tx = pixel_resp_tx.clone();
                 thread::spawn(move || {
                     core_affinity::set_for_current(id);
-                    render_worker(&c, &w, pixel_req_rx, &pixel_resp_tx);
+                    render_worker_task(&c, &w, pixel_req_rx, &pixel_resp_tx);
                 })
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -322,19 +330,8 @@ impl Camera {
         (0..self.vsize).into_par_iter().for_each(|y| {
             let mut row_image = Canvas::new(self.hsize, 1, BLACK);
             for x in 0..self.hsize {
-                const SAMPLES: usize = 0;
-                if SAMPLES > 0 {
-                    let color = self
-                        .supersample_rays_for_pixel(x, y, SAMPLES)
-                        .iter()
-                        .map(|ray| w.color_at(&ray))
-                        .fold(BLACK, |acc, c| acc + c);
-                    row_image.set(x, 0, color / SAMPLES as Float);
-                } else {
-                    let ray = self.ray_for_pixel(x, y);
-                    let color = w.color_at(&ray);
-                    row_image.set(x, 0, color);
-                }
+                let color = self.sample(w, x, y);
+                row_image.set(x, 0, color);
             }
             // TODO(wathiede): create a row based setter for memcpying the row as a whole.
             let mut image = image_mu.lock().expect("failed to lock image mutex");
@@ -352,16 +349,28 @@ impl Camera {
         let mut image = Canvas::new(self.hsize, self.vsize, BLACK);
         for y in 0..self.vsize {
             for x in 0..self.hsize {
-                let ray = self.ray_for_pixel(x, y);
-                let color = w.color_at(&ray);
+                let color = self.sample(w, x, y);
                 image.set(x, y, color);
             }
         }
         image
     }
-}
 
-fn render_worker(
+    fn sample(&self, w: &World, x: usize, y: usize) -> Color {
+        if self.samples_per_pixel > 0 {
+            let color = self
+                .supersample_rays_for_pixel(x, y, self.samples_per_pixel)
+                .iter()
+                .map(|ray| w.color_at(&ray))
+                .fold(BLACK, |acc, c| acc + c);
+            color / self.samples_per_pixel as Float
+        } else {
+            let ray = self.ray_for_pixel(x, y);
+            w.color_at(&ray)
+        }
+    }
+}
+fn render_worker_task(
     c: &Camera,
     w: &World,
     input_chan: Arc<Mutex<Receiver<Request>>>,
@@ -381,8 +390,7 @@ fn render_worker(
                 Request::Line { width, y } => {
                     let mut pixels = Canvas::new(width, 1, BLACK);
                     for x in 0..width {
-                        let ray = c.ray_for_pixel(x, y);
-                        let color = w.color_at(&ray);
+                        let color = c.sample(w, x, y);
                         pixels.set(x, 0, color);
                     }
                     output_chan