Part 1: Getting to Know
Part 2: How Digital
- Digital Cameras
- Chapter
- The Workings of a Digital Camera
- Gathering the Light
- Creating the Image
- Storing the Image
- Chapter
- Inside Digital Video Cameras
- Future Memories How the Digital Camcorder Captures
- Camera Works How a Professional Digital Video
- Images Cameras Capture
- Chapter
- How Lenses Work
- How Light Works
- How a Lens Bends Light
- How We Perceive Detail
- How a Lens Focuses an Image
- The Magnifying Glass Effect
- How Lenses Don’t Focus
- Pictures Sharp How Active Autofocus Makes
- and Fuzzy How Passive Autofocus Sees Sharp
- How a High-Tech Motor Moves the Lens
- How the Eye Controls Autofocus
- Chapter
- How Light Plays Tricks on Perception
- How Viewfinders Frame Your Pictures
- How Lenses See Far and Wide
- How Digital Lenses Manipulate Space
- How Optical Zooms Zoom
- How Digital Zoom Fakes It
- How Perception Creates Depth of Field
- Chapter
- and Slices Light How Digital Exposure Sifts, Measures,
- How a Diaphragm Controls Light
- How a Shutter Slices Time
- How a Camera Measures Light
- How Light Meters See the World
- and Creativity How Digicams Juggle Exposure
- and Shutter How Exposure Systems Balance Aperture
- Masters of Their Domains How Digital Photographers Remain
- Shade of White How Digital Cameras Create a Whiter
- How Speed Creates Noisy Pictures
- How Histograms Run the Gamut
- Chapter
- How Technology Lets There Be Light
- How Electronic Flash Works
- How the Flash Knows When to Quit
- How Shutter and Flash Sync
- How a Flash Turns Eyes Red
- How Fill Flash Works
- How Studio Lighting Works
- and Shadow How Photographers Control Light
- Chapter
- How Light Becomes Data
- How Film Photography Captures an Image
- How a Microchip Catches a Picture
- How Image Sensors Differ
- How the Foveon Image Sensor Stacks It On
- How an Image Becomes Data
- Rough Spots How Algorithms Smooth Out a Picture’s