Science for the curious photographer : an introduction to the science of photography /
"While there are many books that teach the "how-to" of photography, Science for the Curious Photographer is a book for those who also want to understand how photography works. Beginning with an introduction to the history and science of photography, Charles S. Johnson, Jr. addresses q...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
[2017]
|
Edición: | Second edition. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Permissions; Chapter 1 What Is Photography?; Chapter 2 What Is Light?; Chapter 3 The Camera-An Introduction; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Camera Body; 3.3 The Lens; 3.4 Film and Sensors; 3.5 Digital Camera Design; Chapter 4 Images: What Is Perspective?; Chapter 5 Why Does a Camera Need a Lens?; Chapter 6 Elementary Optics: How Do Lenses Work?; Chapter 7 The Simple Thin Lens and What it Does; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Optical Surfaces; 7.3 Compound Lenses.
- 7.4 ConclusionChapter 8 How to Make Lenses that Are Good Enough for Photography; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Aberrations; 8.3 The Petzval Sum; 8.4 Optical Materials; 8.5 Anti-Reflective Coatings; 8.6 Conclusion; Chapter 9 Coming to Terms with Real Camera Lenses; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 The Thin Lens; 9.3 The Compound lens; 9.4 Gaussian Optics; 9.5 Entrance Pupil, Stop, and Illumination of the Image; 9.6 Vignetting; 9.7 Metalenses and the New Optics of the 21st Century; 9.8 Conclusion; Chapter 10 Wide-Angle Lenses, Fisheye Lenses, and Panoramas; 10.1 Introduction.
- 10.2 Conventional or Rectilinear Lenses10.3 Types of Fisheye Lenses; 10.4 How Fisheye Lenses Accomplish Their Magic; 10.5 Examples and Illustrations; 10.6 Panoramas; 10.7 Conclusions; Chapter 11 What Is an Equivalent Image?; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Determinants of Image Appearance; 11.3 Comments and Conclusions; Chapter 12 How to Get Very High Magnification; 12.1 Introduction; 12.2 Supplemental Lenses; 12.3 Extension; 12.4 Teleconverters (Tele-Extenders) for Cameras with Interchangeable Lenses; 12.5 Afocal Teleconverters for Fixed Lens Cameras.
- 12.6 Combinations of Lenses and Extenders for Real World Macrophotography12.7 Special Problems Resulting from High Magnification; 12.8 Lighting for Close-Up Nature Photography with High Shutter Speeds; 12.9 The Optimum F-Number for Macrophotography; 12.10 Expanding the Depth-of-Field; 12.11 Conclusions; Chapter 13 Do We Need Filters Anymore?; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Absorption Filters; 13.3 Polarization Filters; 13.4 Polarization in Nature; 13.5 UV and IR Photography; Chapter 14 The Limits of Human Vision; 14.1 Introduction; 14.2 Structure of the Eye; 14.3 Operation of the Visual Receptors.
- 14.4 Visual Acuity14.5 Sensitivity; 14.6 Conclusions; Chapter 15 How Can Color Be Managed?; 15.1 Introduction; 15.2 Color Theories; 15.3 Colorimetry; 15.4 Color Spaces for Digital Photography; 15.5 Color Management in the Tristimulus World; 15.6 Goethe-Hering Theory; 15.7 Monochrome and Monotone Images; 15.8 Color Constancy and the Land Theory; 15.9 Color Opponent Cells in the Retina and Brain; Chapter 16 Image Capture and Processing; 16.1 Introduction; 16.2 Capturing Photons with Image Sensors; 16.3 CCD and CMOS Image Sensors; 16.4 Encoding of Color.