The Science of imaging. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Graham Saxby.
• Other Names: Saxby, Graham
• Contents: The Nature of Light ; Models for the Behavior of Light; Box: Maxwell and Electromagnetism; Electromagnetic Radiation; The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Polarization; Interference; Diffraction; Box: The Grating Condition; The Airy Diffraction Pattern; Reflection and Refraction; Box: Snell’s Law; Total Internal Reflection (TIR); Prisms; The Pinhole Camera; Development of a Lens; Box: Anomalous Refraction; Digging Deeper Photometry, Lighting, and Light Filters ; Photometric Units; Luminous Intensity; Luminous Flux; Box: Planck’s Equation and Retinal Sensitivity; Illuminance; Inverse Square Law; Luminance; Reflectance; Luminous Energy; Luminous Efficacy; Spectral Energy Distribution; Color Temperature; The Mirek Scale; Types of Light Sources; Photographic Light Filters; Polarizing Filters; Box: Applications of Polarizing Filters; Digging Deeper Visual Perception; The Eye and Evolution; Optics of the Eye; Short and Long Sight; The Retina; Rods and Cones; Sensitivity Range; Box: The Weber-Fechner Law; Visual Pathways; Box: Neural Processing of the Visual Signal; Visual Fields and Binocular Vision; Color Perception; Seeing a Range of Colors; Constancy; Visual Illusions; Perception and Imaging; Digging Deeper Lens Principles ; A Model for the Geometry of Camera Lenses ; The Simple Lens; The Lens Laws; Real and Virtual Images; Depth of Field; Box: Hyperfocal Distance; Depth of Focus; Gaussian Optics; Telephoto Lenses; Retrofocus Lenses; Varifocal and Zoom Lenses; Angle of Field; Lens Aberrations; Aspheric Surfaces; Fall-Off; Box: Lens Coating; Perspective; Box: The Scheimpflug Rule; Digging Deeper Types of Lenses ; Process Lenses; Macro Lenses; Catadioptric (Mirror Lens) Systems; Telecentric Lens Systems; Ultrawide-Angle Lenses; Fisheye Lenses; Box: Why "Fisheye"?; Panoramic Lenses; 360° Lenses; Lenses for Aerial and Satellite Photography; Afocal Lens Systems; Lens Systems for Underwater Photography; GRIN Lenses; Diffractive Optical Elements (DOEs); Pinhole Photography; Box: Making a Pinhole; Digging Deeper Resolution in Optical Systems ; Testing for Resolving Power; Diffraction Limitation; The Rayleigh Criterion; The Inadequacy of Resolving Power; Measurements; The Modern Approach to Image Quality; Box: Analysis of a Square Wave; Modulation; The Optical Transfer Function; The MTF of an "Ideal" Lens; Box: OTF and PSF Related; Cascading of Transfer Functions; Granularity and Pixel Size; Digging Deeper Images in Color; Early Attempts; Lippmann Photography; Box: Lippmann’s Desaturated Colors; The Young-Helmholtz Theory of Visual; Perception; Additive Color Synthesis; Quantifying Color: The CIE Chromaticity Diagram; Box: Measurement Systems for Color; Other Scales of Color Measurement; Subtractive Color Synthesis; Color Separation Negatives; Color Prints from Separation Negatives; Tripack Color Transparencies; Prints from Transparencies; Polaroid Color; Color Negative-Positive Systems; Box: Color Masking; Cross-Processing; Digging Deeper ; ; Still Cameras; Early Cameras; Shutters; Types of Camera; Specialized Cameras; Viewfinders; Rangefinders and Focus Finders; Automatic Focus Control; Automatic Exposure Control; Flash Synchronization; Box: Guide Numbers; Camera Shake and Stabilization Mechanisms; Image Motion Compensation; Digging Deeper Motion and High-Speed Photography ; Persistence of Vision; Early Experiments; The Modern Cine Camera; Slow Motion and Time Lapse; High-Speed Cine; Mirror and Drum Photography; Smear and Streak Photography; Lighting for High-Speed Photography; Stroboscopy; Digging Deeper The Silver Halide Process ; The Uniqueness of Silver; Color Sensitivity of Emulsions; Development; Box: Oxidation and Reduction; Fixing, Washing, and Drying; Printing; Color Emulsions; Processing of Color Emulsions; Sensitometry; Practical Units of Measurement; The Characteristic Curve; Inherent Contrast; What the Characteristic Curve Tells Us; Effect of Varying the Development Time; Reciprocity Failure; Print Materials; The Density Range of a Paper; Color Print Papers; Image Modification; Digging Deeper Digital Recording of Images ; The Digital Principle; Box: The Nyquist Criterion; Digital Recording of Luminance; Box: Bits, Bytes, and Binary Arithmetic; Extending the Sensitivity; Principles of Electronic Information Storage; Getting the Image Out of the Camera; Color in a Digital Camera; Compression; The Future for Digital Cameras; Scanners and Scanning methods; Digging Deeper Halftone, Electrostatic, and Digital Printing ; Continuous Tones with Printer’s Ink; The Halftone Principle; Printing in Color; Color Masking; Electrostatic Copying (Xerography); Printers; Digging Deeper Television; Beginnings; The Television Camera; Data Storage Methods; Transmission and Reception of a TV Signal; The Signal; Transmitting Antennas; Receiving Antennas; Box: Impedance; Microwave Relay Transmission; Satellite Transmission; Cable Transmissions; The TV Receiver; Projection Systems; Digital Television: The Advantages; Aspect Ratio; High-Definition Television; Compression; Digging Deeper; ; Video Recording and Replay Systems ; Magnetic Tape Recording; Analogue Sound Recording; Box: Ferromagnetism, Hysteresis, and a.c. Bias; Tape Recording Mechanisms; Box: Noise Reduction Systems; Videotape Recording Techniques; Digital Recording; Digital Videotape; Hard Disc Recorders; Magneto-optical Discs; Camcorders; CDs and DVDs; Box: Before the CD; The Blu-ray System; Burning a CD; Digging Deeper Three-Dimensional Imaging ; How We See Depth; The Limits of Stereo Pairs of Images; Early Stereoscopic Images; Stereoscopic Camera Formats; Stereophotography in Aerial Survey; Effect of Incorrect Lens Separation; Hypostereoscopy in Microscopy; Viewing Methods for Stereo Pairs; Viewing Without Optical Aids; Coincident Image Stereograms; Autostereoscopic Systems; Stereoscopic Cinema and Television; Further Developments in Stereo Projection; Simulated Stereopsis; Integral Photography; Digging Deeper Holography; Coherence; Denisyuk’s Hologram; Box: Gabor’s Hologram ; Off-Axis Holograms; Leith’s Hologram; Processing a Hologram; Other Types of Sensitive Material; Dichromated Gelatin (DCG); The Real Image; Transfer Holograms; Contact Copies Astronomical Imaging ; Early History; The Schmidt Configuration; Mountings; Atmospheric Effects; Box: Telescopes in Space; Types of Detector; Solar Telescopes; Infrared and Terahertz Astronomy; Radio Telescopes; Arrays; Interferometry; How to Measure the Diameter of a Star; Spectroscopy; Digging Deeper; Macrography, Micrography, and Microimaging ; Macrography; Box: Resolution Criterion; Micrography; Microscope Optics; I
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 621.367; Images, Photographic; Photography -- Processing; Image processing; Photography -- Digital techniques; Image processing; Images, Photographic; Photography -- Digital techniques; Photography -- Processing; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439812877
• Related ISBNs: 143981287X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.