How Digital Photography Works (2nd Edition) (How It Works)

A full-color, illustrated adventure into the high-tech wonders inside your digital camera by the author/illustrator team that created the bestselling How Computers Work.

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With clear and simple explanations that say, “You, too, can understand this,” and brilliant, full-color illustrations, How Digital Photography Works, Second Edition, gives you detailed information on the hidden workings of digital cameras, professional picture-taking techniques, and even photo-editing software. Some of the topics covered in this groundbreaking book include:

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·???????? How Digital Viewfinders Frame Your Pictures

·???????? How Twin Lens Cameras and Tilt-and-Shift Lenses Change the Rules

·???????? How Cameras Focus on Moving Targets

·???????? How Exposure Systems Balance Aperture and Shutter

·???????? How Electronic Flashes Create a Burst of Light

·???????? How Studio Lighting Creates a Perfect Lighting Environment

·???????? How Color Calibration Makes What You See on the Screen Match What You See on Paper

·???????? How Your Camera’s Microprocessor Manipulates Images

·???????? How Photoshop Expands a Photographer’s Artistry

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Introduction

Part 1: Getting to Know Digital Cameras?

Chapter 1???????? The Workings of a Digital Camera

Chapter 2???????? Inside Digital Video Cameras?

Part 2: How Digital Cameras Capture Images

Chapter 3???????? How Lenses Work?

Chapter 4???????? How Light Plays Tricks on Perception?

Chapter 5???????? How Digital Exposure Sifts, Measures, and Slices Light?

Chapter 6???????? How Technology Lets There Be Light?

Chapter 7???????? How Light Becomes Data?

Chapter 8???????? How New Tech Changes Photography?

Part 3: How the Digital Darkroom Works?

Chapter 9???????? How Software Changes Pixels by the Numbers?

Chapter 10?????? How Digital Retouching Rescues Family Heirlooms?

Chapter 11?????? How the Digital Darkroom Makes Good Photos into Great Fantasies?

Part 4: How Digital Print-Making Works?

Chapter 12?????? How Computers and Printers Create Photographs?

Chapter 13?????? How Photo-Quality Printers Work?

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Index?

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