Table of Contents

The Nature of Light. Photometry, Lighting, and Light Filters. Visual Perception. Lens Principles. Types of Lenses. Resolution in Optical Systems. Images in Color. Still Cameras. Motion and High-Speed Photography. The Silver Halide Process. Digital Recording of Images. Halftone, Electrostatic, and Digital Printing. Television. Video Recording and Replay Systems. Three-Dimensional Imaging. Holography. Astronomical Imaging. Macrography, Micrography, and Microimaging. Imaging the Invisible. Appendix 1: Logarithms: What They Are, What They Do. Appendix 2: How a Hologram Works. Appendix 3: The Fourier Model for Image Formation. Appendix 4: The Meaning of pH.

About the Author

Graham Saxby served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) for 27 years, the first 19 in the trade of photographer, where he undertook almost every possible form of assignment. After being commissioned into the Education Branch, he was Officer Commanding Photographic Science Flight at the RAF School of Photography at Cosford for seven years. On leaving the RAF he joined the staff of what is now the University of Wolverhampton as Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, later moving to the Department of Applied Sciences to teach modern optics. His research into display holographic techniques has earned him an international reputation, and his books have won several prestigious awards. Currently, he works as a freelance editor and reviewer of technical books and as a consultant in optical and photographic matters. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

Reviews

Praise for the First Edition: "...a truly valuable book, magnificently bringing together such diverse technologies, yet keeping a practical eye on who is likely to be reading it. It's the best book I have read on the subject at this level." --Ron Graham, RPS Journal "... well written ... lots of helpful marginal notes !if your research depends on obtaining and analysing top-quality images, this book should prove to be an invaluable practical guide and reference source." --Matin Durrani, Physics World "... every student should read it, every photographer should own it, and every lecturer and journalist should know its contents inside out." --Jon Tarrant, British Journal of Photography, December 2002 "... rather impressed ... surveys a broad, complex, and rapidly changing subject succinctly, yet at a useful and appropriate level." --Gordon Ridley, Glasgow College of Building and Printing "Given the wide range of potential audience, the author has on the whole made a very fair attempt to judge an appropriate level both of assumed prior knowledge and of scientific competence and understanding, and the further reading suggestions will accommodate the inevitable variances in these ! Overall, this reviewer is delighted that the author had the courage to attempt the very daunting task of presenting his illuminating account of what must be in effect a lifetime's interest in such a wide range of exciting phenomena and technical achievements." --Philip Bradfield, Physical Sciences Educational Reviews, Vol. 3, Issue 2 "A useful book ... fills a gap in the range of publications on this topic. ... full of useful, accurate information and diagrams at a very affordable price in a well-produced volume." --Sidney Ray, author of Applied Photographic Optics