The Manual of Photography has been aiding thousands of photographers to gain their skills since it was first published in 1890, now in full color by Focal Press, and includes the latest on digital imaging.
The Manual of Photography still retains its clear, reader-friendly style and will gain you insight on everything from capture to output, film to digital. Whether you are a student, researcher, lab technician or serious photographer, this book will teach you the underlying scientific principles of photography and digital imaging, and will allow you to fully understand the science behind the creation of great images, and the skills to take them.
The authoritative text on virtually every technical aspect of photography and digital imaging.
10th edition completely reworked to include the latest research on digital imaging.
The essential book for anyone serious about photography
Includes sections on lens use, darkroom techniques, digital cameras and scanners, image editing techniques and processes, workflow, digital file formats and image archiving.
Contents
- Introduction to the Imaging Process
- Light Theory
- Light Sources
- Human Visual System
- Intro to Colour
- Geometric Optics
- Images & Image Formation
- Sensitometry
- Image Sensors
- Lenses
- Photographic Camera Systems
- Exposure & image control
- Image formation and the photographic Process
- Digital cameras and scanners
- Displays
- Digital Printing and Print Materials
- File Formats
- Storage Media and Archiving
- Image Quality & System Performance
- Speed & sensitivity
- Tone reproduction
- Photographic colour reproduction
- Characterisation and Colour reproduction in digital devices
- Resolution
- sharpness and noise
- Digital Image workflow
- Colour management systems
- Spatial image processing
- Digital Image processing in the frequency domain
- Image compression