Physics of digital photography / Andy Rowlands.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowlands, Andy, author.

Contributor:

Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.

Series:

IOP (Series). Release 3.

IOP expanding physics

[IOP release 3]

IOP expanding physics, 2053-2563

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photographic optics--Mathematics.

Photographic optics.

Digital cameras--Mathematical models.

Digital cameras.

Photography--Digital techniques.

Photography.

Mathematical models.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (various pagings) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Bristol [England] : IOP Publishing, [2017]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.

text file

Biography/History:

Andy Rowlands obtained a first class degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Warwick in 2000 followed by a PhD in Physics in 2004. He was subsequently awarded an EPSRC Fellowship in Theoretical Physics in the field of condensed matter theory at the University of Bristol and later he worked at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the USA. In 2009 he took a sabbatical from physics and moved to China to pursue his interest in photography, during this time he became interested in the application of physics to photography. Returning to physics he took up a postdoctoral position at Tongji University in Shanghai. An extensive knowledge of the theoretical concepts involved and practical experience as a free-lance photographer puts the author a unique position to develop this text.

Summary:

This book provides an overview of the detailed physics involved in the imaging chain for an audience of scientists and engineers. With the increasing use of digital photography in a research environment, modern scientists and engineers need to better understand the science behind digital photography to fully exploit this invaluable research tool.

Contents:

Preface

1 Fundamental optical formulae

1.1. Image formation

1.2. Field of view

1.3. Depth of field

1.4. Exposure

2. Exposure strategy

2.1. Digital output

2.2. Average photometry

2.3. Exposure index

2.4. Exposure modes

3. Raw data model

3.1. Linear systems theory

3.2. Optics

3.3. Sensor

3.4. Optical low-pass filter

3.5. Real image

3.6. Sensor signal

3.7. Analog-to-digital conversion

3.8. Noise

4. Raw conversion

4.1. Reference colour spaces

4.2. Illumination

4.3. Camera raw space

4.4. sRGB colour space

4.5. White balance

4.6. Example 1 : Adobe� DNG (raw to XYZ D50)

4.7. Example 2 : dcraw (raw to sRGB D65)

4.8. Image editing

5. Image quality

5.1. Perceived resolution

5.2. Cross-format comparisons

5.3. Lens MTF

5.4. System MTF

5.5. Sharpness

5.6. Signal-to-noise ratio

5.7. Dynamic range

5.8. Practical strategies.

Notes:

"Version: 20170401"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 5, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9780750312424

9780750312448

OCLC:

985718535

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.