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Index
The Manual of Photography Copyright Contents Preface to the tenth edition Editors’ Acknowledgements Author Biographies Chapter 1 Introduction to the imaging process
Introduction The Imaging Process Image Control The Origins of Photography Photographic Imaging Today Digital Imaging Digital Image Representation Imaging Chains Evaluating Image Quality Bibliography
Chapter 2 Light theory
Introduction A Brief History of Light Theory Wave–Particle Duality The Nature of Light Radiometry and Photometry Optics Wave Theory The Electromagnetic Spectrum Black-Body Radiation The Photoelectric Effect The Photon Bohr Model of the Atom The Emission of Electromagnetic Radiation in Atoms Bibliography
Chapter 3 Photographic light sources
Introduction Characteristics of Light Sources Light Output Daylight Tungsten Filament Lamps Tungsten–Halogen Lamps Fluorescent Lamps Metal-Halide Lamps Pulsed Xenon Lamps Expendable Flashbulbs Electronic Flash Other Sources Bibliography
Chapter 4 The human visual system
Introduction The Physical Structure of the Human Eye Dark Adaptation Elementary Colour Vision Colour Anomalous Vision Movement and Focusing The Visual Pathway Binocular Vision Performance of the Eye Animal Vision Bibliography
Chapter 5 Introduction to colour science
Introduction The Physics of Colour Colour Terminology The Colour of Objects Cie Standard Illuminating and Viewing Geometries Cie Standard Illuminants and Sources Models of Colour Vision The Basics of Colorimetry The Appearance of Colours An Introduction to Cats and Cams Colour Reproduction Instruments Used in Colour Measurement Viewing Conditions Bibliography
Chapter 6 Photographic and geometrical optics
Introduction Photographic Optics Geometrical optics Optical Calculations The Photometry of Image Formation Bibliography
Chapter 7 Images and image formation
Introduction Sinusoidal Waves Fourier Theory of Image Formation Special Fourier Transform Pairs The Modulation Transfer Function Revisited Convolution Revisited Discrete Transforms and Sampling Bibliography
Chapter 8 Sensitometry
Introduction The subject Exposure Density and Other Relevant Measures Effect of Light Scatter in A Negative Density in Practice The Characteristic (H and D) Curve Placing the Subject on the Characteristic Curve Average Gradient and G Contrast Index Effect of Variation in Development on the Negative Exposure Latitude The Response Curve of a Photographic Paper Requirements in a Print Reciprocity Law Failure Sensitometers Densitometers Bibliography
Chapter 9 Image sensors
Introduction Materials and Detection of Light Ccd and Cmos Image Readout Amplification and Analogue-to-Digital Conversion Scanning Methods Imaging Performance Bibliography
Chapter 10 Camera lenses
Lens Aberrations Photographic Lenses Photographic Lens Types Modern Camera Lenses Wide-Angle Lenses Long-Focus Lenses Zoom and Varifocal Lenses Macro Lenses Optical Attachments Optical Filters Bibliography
Chapter 11 Photographic camera systems
Introduction Image Format Camera Types Special-Purpose Cameras Automatic Cameras Camera Features Exposure Metering Systems Battery Power Camera Shake and Image Stabilization Camera Movements Bibliography
Chapter 12 Exposure and image control
Camera Exposure Exposure Relationships and Logarithms Subject luminance ratio Dynamic Range of Sensors Optimum Exposure and the Transfer Function Exposure Meters Reciprocity Law Failure Types of Light Measurement In-Camera Metering Modes Electronic Flash Exposure Reflected Light Measurement Techniques Exposure Techniques and Digital Cameras The Zone System High-Dynamic-Range (HDR) Imaging Bibliography
Chapter 13 Image formation and the photographic process
Introduction Silver Halides Latent Image Formation Spectral Sensitivity of Photographic Materials Spectral Sensitization Structure of Photographic Materials Sizes and Formats of Photographic Materials Speed of Photographic Materials Characteristics of Photographic Materials Chemistry of the Photographic Process Superadditivity (Synergesis) Printing Bibliography
Chapter 14 Digital cameras and scanners
Digital Still Cameras Digital Still Camera Architecture Imaging Optics Image Sensor Shutter Systems Dynamic Range In Digital Cameras Colour Capture Rendered Versus Unrendered Camera Processing Exposure Determination And Auto-Exposure Autofocus Control Analogue Processing Digital Processing Tone/Colour Rendering Camera Types Image scanners Types of Scanners Scanner Characteristics Bibliography
Chapter 15 Displays
Introduction Image Display Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Displays Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) Other Display Technologies Characteristics of Displays Effect of Viewing Conditions Bibliography
Chapter 16 Digital printing and materials
Introduction Printing technologies Printing Media and their Properties Colour, Resolution and Output Printing press Bibliography
Chapter 17 Digital image file formats
Introduction Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 (JPEG 2000) Raw Digital Negative (DNG) Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Photoshop Document (PSD) Photo CD (PCD) Postscript (PS) and Encapsulated Postscript (EPS) Portable Document Format (PDF) Bibliography
Chapter 18 Image storage and archiving
Introduction Life Expectancy of Traditional Photographic Media Life expectancy of digital prints Digital Image Storage and Longevity Bibliography
Chapter 19 Introduction to image quality and system performance
Introduction Subjective and Objective Image Quality Digital Image Artefacts Distortion, Fidelity and Quality Test Charts and Test Scenes Image Psychophysics Scene Dependency in Image Quality Image Quality Metrics and Models Bibliography
Chapter 20 Speed and sensitivity
Sensitivity of Imaging Systems Speed of Imaging Systems ISO Speed Ratings for Colour Silver-Based Materials Speed of Digital Systems Typical Sensitivities of Film and CCD Devices and Speed Ratings in Practice Bibliography
Chapter 21 Tone reproduction
Theory of Tone Reproduction Tone Reproduction of Imaging Devices and Image Encoding Systems Other Measures Related to Tone and Contrast Non-Linear Quantization, Bit-Depth Requirements and Gamma Correction Bibliography
Chapter 22 Photographic colour reproduction
Introduction Colour Photographic Processes Colour Sensitometry Colour Photographic Materials Colour Processing Enhancement of Colour Reproduction Colorimetry of Photographic Images Bibliography
Chapter 23 Digital colour reproduction
Introduction Colour Space and Colour Encoding Classification of Colour Spaces Image State Standard Colour Spaces and Colour Space Encodings Device Colour Characterization Characterization of Displays Characterization of Digital Input Devices Gamut Mapping Bibliography
Chapter 24 Noise, sharpness, resolution and information
Introduction Image noise Photographic Noise Variation of Granularity with Density Quantifying Image Noise Electronic System Noise Resolution, Sharpness and MTF Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE) Information Theory Bibliography
Chapter 25 Digital image workflow
Imaging Chains and Image Workflow Principles Guiding Effective Workflow Workflow Approach Resolution and The Digital Imaging Chain Bit Depth: 8-Bit Versus 16-Bit Imaging Colour Management File Formats Image Optimization Workflow Workflow Examples Acknowledgements Bibliography
Chapter 26 Colour management systems
Introduction Colour Management Tasks Closed-Loop Versus Open-Loop Colour Management The International Color Consortium (ICC) ICC Colour Management Architecture The Profile Connection Space (PCS) Rendering Intents ICC Profiles Using Profiles Profile Processing Models Profile Structure Creating Custom Device Profiles Colour Management Workflow Bibliography
Chapter 27 Spatial image processing
Introduction Background Discrete Convolution Point Processing Operations: Intensity Transformations Point Processing: Multiple Image Operations Point Processing: Statistical Operations Point Processing: Geometric Transformations Neighbourhood Processing: Spatial Filtering Techniques Linear Filtering Types of Linear Filters and their Applications Non-Linear Spatial Filtering Bibliography
Chapter 28 Digital image processing in the frequency domain
Introduction Fourier Series and Transform Revisited Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Imaging Equation Revisited Linear Spatial Filtering (Convolution) Frequency-Domain Filtering Band-Pass and Band-Stop Filters Image Restoration Wavelet Transform Bibliography
Chapter 29 Image compression
Introduction Uncompressed Image File Sizes Image Data and Information Basis of Compression Information Theory Image Compression Models Lossless Compression Lossy Compression Evaluating Lossy Compression Lossy Compression Methods Lossy Compression Standards Bibliography
Appendix A Appendix B
Bibliography
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