Presentations
Introduction to the Course
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Nature of Light
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Study Terms: electromagnetic spectrum, visual spectrum, light waves, incandescence, discharge lamps, vapor lamps, luminescence, Kelvin temperature, white balance, black body
Image Formation
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Study Terms: photodiode, electron to voltage converter, amplifier, analog to digital converter, sampling, 1-bit image, 8-bit image, continuous tone, color filter array, interpolation, artifacts, bit depth
Sensor Technology - Part I
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Study Terms: ccd, cmos, foveon, aps-c, dx, 4/3rd's, full frame (fx), output register
Sensor Technology - Part II
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Study Terms: pixel dimension, interpolation, signal to noise ratio, iso, dynamic range
In-Camera Image Processing
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Study Terms: amplifier, buffer, raw, tiff, jpeg, white balance, noise, tonal curve, gamma, sharpness, compression, lossless, lossy, file format
Metering Technology
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Kodak Metering Handout
Study Terms: 18% grey, spot metering, center-weighted metering, multi-segment metering, grey card, incident light meter, reflective light meter
Image Tonality
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Study Terms: histogram, dynamic range, greyscale, zone system, zone 0, zone III, zone V, zone VII, zone X, 18% grey, grey card, Ansel Adams, Minor White
File Size and Resolution
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Study Terms: dpi, ppi, lpi, resample image, constrain proportions, megapixels, pixel dimension, compression, cropping tool, image size
Color & Color Spaces
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Study Terms: white light, substractive color, additive color, hue, saturation, lightness, brightness, lab color, sRGB,
Adobe RGB 1998, CMYK
Color Workflow
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Study Terms: color space, gamut,
rendering intent, black point compensation,
relative colorimetric
Rendering Intent Handout
Printer Technology
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Study Terms: dye sublimation, heat transfer, ink jet, thermal, pizoelectric, dot gain, lightfastness
Lens Design
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Nikon Lens Simulator
Study Terms: refraction, simple lens, compound lens, chromatic aberration, aspherical lens, low depersion lens
Camera Design
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Study Terms: camera obscura, 1925 lecia, 1939 argus c3, 1959 nikon f, dslr, rangefinder, focal plane shutter, leaf shutter
On-Camera Optical Filters
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Study Terms: b&w contrast control filters, correction filters, creative filters, filter factor
Scanning Technology
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Study Terms: optical resolution, durm scanner, flatbed scanner, film scanner, photomultiplier tubes, linear CCD sensor
Storage Technology
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Study Terms: magentic storage, magnetic tape, optical disk, flash memory, hard disk drives, cd, dvd, raid storage, ssd, solid state drive
Photographic Light Sources
Study Terms: daylight, electronic flash,
tungsten filament lamps, fluorescent lamps
