5. PINHOLE CAMERAS
FOCAL LENGTHF
S
E
N
S
O
R S
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E
S
FILM/SENSOR
IMAGE
PINHOLE APPERTURE
SCENE
EACH POINT IS ILLUMINATED OR REPRESENTED FROM A SINGLE
DIRECTION.
SIMPLEST AND EASIEST FORM OF CAMERA
8. WHERE IS IMAGE FORMED/ LENS OPTICS
CHANGE IN FOCAL LENGTH CHANGES THE PERSPECTIVE
OF VIEWING, IF AN OBJECT IS PLACED AT A DISTANCE D’
D’
F
D
9. FIELD OF VIEW
F ALSO DEFINES THE FIELD OF VIEW FOR A DEFINITE
SIZE OF SENSOR.
DOUBLE THE FOCAL LENGTH, HALF THE FIELD OF
VIEW.
SHORTER THE F, WIDER THE VIEW.
2F
10. EXPOSURE
UNDER
EXPOSED
OVER
EXPOSED
RIGHT
EXPOSED
• ANY PHOTOGRAPH STARTS AS A BLANK CANVAS, SO HOW
YOU CHOOSE TO APPLY LIGHT TO IT DETERMINES THE VISUAL
ATTRIBUTES OF A PHOTOGRAPH
• INTENSITY OF LIGHT TO THE SENSOR
PARAMETERS INVOLVED ARE :
1. SHUTTER SPEED
2. APERTURE AREA
11. SHUTTER SPEED
HOW LONG LIGHT IS TO BE STROKED ON SENSORS.
MEASURED IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND.
E.G. 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500
FAST SHUTTER SPEEDS IS USED IN SPORTS
PHOTOGRAPHY BUT THEY CAPTURE LESSER AMOUNT OF
LIGHT.
SLOW
SHUTT
ER
SPEED
FAST
SHUTT
ER
SPEED
12. APERTURE
DIAMETER OF LENS OPENING.
EXPRESSED AS FRACTION OF FOCAL LENGTH CALLED
F-NUMBER
E.G. F/2 ON 5`0MM LENS = 25 MM APERTURE
BIGER F NUMBER MEANS SMALL APERTURE
LARGE APERTURE MEANS MORE LIGHT BUT
SHALLOW DEPTH OF FIELD (BOKEH EFFECT)
14. HOW TO CORRELATE THE TWO ?
EXPOSURE = SHUTTER SPEED
F-NUMNBER2
15. ISO SCALE/GAIN LEVEL
ISO SCALE INDICATES SENSOR SENSITIVITY TO LIGHT:
ISO 100 - LOW SENSITIVITY, GOOD FOR BRIGHT
CONDITIONS,
STATIC SCENES, WIDE APERTURE, SLOW SHUTTER
ISO 1600 - HIGH SENSITIVITY, GOOD FOR LOW
LIGHT,
DYNAMIC SCENES, SMALL APERTURE, FAST SHUTTER
16. CAMERA MODES
PROGRAM MODE (P) - CAMERA INTELLIGENTLY
CHOOSES SHUTTER SPEED AND APERTURE TO
ACHIEVE CORRECT EXPOSURE
SHUTTER PRIORITY (S) - USER SETS SHUTTER SPEED,
CAMERA CHOOSES APPROPRIATE APERTURE
APERTURE PRIORITY (A) - USER SETS APERTURE,
CAMERA CHOOSES APPROPRIATE SHUTTER SPEED
MANUAL MODE (M) - USER SETS BOTH APERTURE AND
SHUTTER SPEED
20. How to capture colors ?
Beam splitter ?
Spinning Disk ?
Pros & cons ?
Bayer filter ?
Pros-
Only one sensor
Same time information recorder
Foveon Type Sensor?
21. WHAT HAPPENS WITH FILM? NO SENSOR…
WHAT WE USE ? SILVER HALIDE ….MECHANISM ?
27. BASIC DIFFERENCE
1. ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION?
100 times more ?
2. SOUND LEVEL ?
3. DATA CAPTURING ?
BASIC DIFFERENCE IN A VIEW
28. CCD CMOS
The charge is actually transported
across the chip and read at one corner
of the array.
CCDS transport charges without
distortion.
CCD sensors, as mentioned above,
create high-quality, low-noise images
There are several transistors at each
pixel that amplify and move the charge
using more traditional wires. The
CMOS approach is more flexible
because each pixel can be read
individually.
CMOS sensors traditionally consume
little power. Implementing a sensor in
CMOS yields a low-power sensor.
CMOS sensor has several transistors
located next to it, the light sensitivity
of a CMOS chip is lower. Many of the
photons hitting the chip hit the
transistors instead of the photodiode.
Differences at a glance
30. REFERENCES
Jim White and Tony Sweet(eds.), Nikon DSLR The Ultimate
Photographer’s Guide, Canada, Elsevier Ltd., 2010.
Christopher Grey(ED.), CANON DSLR The Ultimate Photographer’s
Guide, Canada, Elsevier Ltd., 2008,
Efficient Smart CMOS Camera Based on FPGAs Oriented to Embedded
Image Processing Ignacio Bravo *, Javier Baliñas, Alfredo Gardel, José
L. Lázaro, Felipe Espinosa and Jorge García
Digital photography by Dennis P. Curtin
Digital photography technique by J.A. KING
Other study materials have been attached to mail ……
Editor's Notes
CONS:
TINY APPERTURE MEANS LITTLE LIGHT HIT FILMS
TRY BIG APPERTURE, WHICH ONLY LEADS TO BLURRY IMAGE, AS EACH POINT ON SENSOR RECEIVES LIGHT FROM MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS
RAYS ARE FOCUSED AT A POINT.
SHARPER IMAGE
ALSO THE PARALLEL IMAGE TENDS TO CONVERGE AT FOCAL LENGTH F.