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Season 1
1x1
Lecture 1: How cameras work, and how to take good pictures using them
Episode overview
Syllabus
* Perspective
* Image Formation
* Exposure
* Choosing a camera
Syllabus
* Perspective
* Image Formation
* Exposure
* Choosing a camera
Choosing a camera, the history of photography (part 1), and extreme photography.
Choosing a camera, the history of photography (part 1), and extreme photography.
Optics I: lenses and apertures. Lenmaker's formulae, ray tracing, lenses & perspective transforms, aperture, and depth of field formulae
Optics I: lenses and apertures. Lenmaker's formulae, ray tracing, lenses & perspective transforms, aperture, and depth of field formulae
Optics II: Practical photographic lenses. Abberations & distortion, glare & flare, vignetting, diffraction, lens design, telephoto & zoom lenses.
Optics II: Practical photographic lenses. Abberations & distortion, glare & flare, vignetting, diffraction, lens design, telephoto & zoom lenses.
History of photography (part 2) and composing good photographs.
History of photography (part 2) and composing good photographs.
Autofocus (AF). Viewfinders, view cameras, tilt-shift lenses, passive vs active autofocusing, phase vs contrast detection.
Exposure metering (AE). Dynamic range problem, metering technology.
Autofocus (AF). Viewfinders, view cameras, tilt-shift lenses, passive vs active autofocusing, phase vs contrast detection.
Exposure metering (AE). Dynamic range problem, metering technology.
Sampling and pixels. Resolution and human perception, sampling and aliasing, filtering by convolution, sampling vs quantization.
Sampling and pixels. Resolution and human perception, sampling and aliasing, filtering by convolution, sampling vs quantization.
Photons and sensors. How digital sensors work, CCD vs CMOS, microlenses and antialiasing, color sensing technologies.
Photons and sensors. How digital sensors work, CCD vs CMOS, microlenses and antialiasing, color sensing technologies.
Night photography and astrophotography
Special effects and trick photography
Night photography and astrophotography
Special effects and trick photography
Noise and ISO. Sources of noise, SNR, dynamic range, ISO, denoising
Image Stabilization (IS). Avoiding camera shake, optical stabilization technologies.
Noise and ISO. Sources of noise, SNR, dynamic range, ISO, denoising
Image Stabilization (IS). Avoiding camera shake, optical stabilization technologies.
History of photography (part 3). Photography as art, genres, Naturalism, Pictorialism.
Why is sports photography hard? Solutions based on computational photography.
History of photography (part 3). Photography as art, genres, Naturalism, Pictorialism.
Why is sports photography hard? Solutions based on computational photography.
Color I: trichromatic theory. Color spectra, color sensitivity, color matching, 3D color spaces, additive vs subtractive color mixing
Color I: trichromatic theory. Color spectra, color sensitivity, color matching, 3D color spaces, additive vs subtractive color mixing
Color II: applications in photography. cylindrical spaces, chromaticity diagrams, color temperature, white balancing, standardized RGB spaces, gamut mapping
Color II: applications in photography. cylindrical spaces, chromaticity diagrams, color temperature, white balancing, standardized RGB spaces, gamut mapping
History of photography (part 4). photography as a tool, technological improvements, industrial and scientific uses, provoking social reform, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, photographers of the FSA
History of photography (part 4). photography as a tool, technological improvements, industrial and scientific uses, provoking social reform, the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, photographers of the FSA
Light and reflection. Radiometry & photometry, measures of light, diffuse & specular reflection, BRDFs, Fresnel equations
Light and reflection. Radiometry & photometry, measures of light, diffuse & specular reflection, BRDFs, Fresnel equations
Photographic lighting. Lighting for portraiture, studio lighting, key & fill, flash photography, flash-noflash & multi-flash.
Photographic lighting. Lighting for portraiture, studio lighting, key & fill, flash photography, flash-noflash & multi-flash.
In-camera image processing. Demosaicing, gamma curves, tone mapping, HDR, denoising and sharpening, compression and file formats.
In-camera image processing. Demosaicing, gamma curves, tone mapping, HDR, denoising and sharpening, compression and file formats.
Panoramas. Panoramic cameras, stiching, perspective vs cylindrical
History of photography (part 5). The modern age, snapshot photojournalism, post-modernism
Panoramas. Panoramic cameras, stiching, perspective vs cylindrical
History of photography (part 5). The modern age, snapshot photojournalism, post-modernism
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