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WEEK 1: WELCOME!

DIGITAL MEDIA E-10


EXPOSING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

DAN ARMENDARIZ [email protected]


PINHOLE LENSES
SINGLE-LENS REFLEX

CAMERAS
MIRRORLESS

CAMERAS

olympus.com
COMPACT AND BRIDGE

CAMERAS

nikon.com
CAMERAPHONES AND SMARTPHONES

CAMERAS

apple.com
FILMPLANE

CAMERAS

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-lens_reflex_camera
FILMPLANE

CAMERAS

dpreview.com
EXPOSING SINGLE-LENS REFLEX

CAMERAS

dpreview.com
EXPOSING DUST

Dan Armendariz, 2007


EXPOSING DUST

Dan Armendariz, 2007


EXPOSING SINGLE-LENS REFLEX

CAMERAS

dpreview.com
EXTREMELY BRIEF HISTORY

CAMERAS

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalcameras/0,39029429,49293172-1,00.htm
EXTREMELY BRIEF HISTORY

CAMERAS

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalcameras/0,39029429,49293172-1,00.htm
A REFRESHER

BITS & BYTES

BIT 0 OR 1

BYTE 8 BITS
A REFRESHER

BITS & BYTES

PREFIX MULTIPLIER BYTES

KILO- 1,000 BYTES 1,000

MEGA- 1,000 KILOBYTES 1,000,000

GIGA- 1,000 MEGABYTES 1,000,000,000

TERA- 1,000 GIGABYTES 1,000,000,000,000


“Wait, what? I thought the prefixes are powers of 1,024!”

–YOU
IEC 60027-2 (SECOND EDITION, 2000-11)

BITS & BYTES

PREFIX MULTIPLIER BYTES

KIBI- 1,024 BYTES 1,024

MEBI- 1,024 KIBIBYTES 1,048,576

GIBI- 1,024 MEBIBYTES 1,073,741,824

TEBI- 1,024 GIBIBYTES 1,099,511,627,776


REPRESENTING PHOTOS

BITS & BYTES

Dan Armendariz, 2007


Dan Armendariz, 2007
JPEG

RED GREEN BLUE

8 BIT 8 BIT 8 BIT

TOTAL: 24 BITS
TIFF

RED GREEN BLUE

16 BIT 16 BIT 16 BIT

TOTAL: 48 BITS
COMPRESSION

BITS & BYTES


RUN-LENGTH ENCODING

COMPRESSION

Images from Dennis P. Curtin, et al., Information Technology: The Breaking Wave
LOSSLESS VS LOSSY

COMPRESSION

Dan Armendariz, 2007


FILE TYPES

NAME COMPRESSION COLOR ALPHA

JPEG LOSSY 24-BIT NO

GIF LOSSLESS 8-BIT YES

PNG LOSSLESS 24-BIT YES

UNKNOWN
PSD 48-BIT YES
(LOSSLESS)

TIFF LOSSLESS 48-BIT NO


LECTURES

• Welcome!
• Software Tools & Light
• Exposure
• Exposure (continued)
• Optics
• Histogram
• Software Tools (continued)
• Digital Cameras
• Digital Cameras (continued)
• Color & Artifacts
• From Stills to Video
• Expanding Your Photography
• Movie Night
Dan Armendariz, 2014
EXPECTATIONS

• Attend or watch lectures


• 1 final project
• 4 projects
• 5 problem sets
• critiques and participation

Dan Armendariz, 2013


http://digitalphotography.exposed/

COURSE WEBSITE
[email protected]

STAFF EMAIL
@expodigiphoto

STAFF TWITTER
WEEK 1: WELCOME!

DIGITAL MEDIA E-10


EXPOSING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

DAN ARMENDARIZ [email protected]

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