Howstuffworks "How Digital Cameras Work"
Howstuffworks "How Digital Cameras Work": "How Digital Cameras Work
by Gerald Gurevich, Karim Nice and Tracy V. Wilson
Inside This Article
1. Introduction to How Digital Cameras Work 2. A Filmless Camera 3. Digital Camera Resolution 4. Capturing Color 5. More on Capturing Color 6. Exposure and Focus 7. Storing Digital Photos 8. Summary 9. Lots More Information 10. See all Digital Cameras articles
In the past twenty years, most of the major technological breakthroughs in consumer electronics have really been part of one larger breakthrough. When you get down to it, CDs, DVDs, HDTV, MP3s and DVRs are all built around the same basic process: converting conventional analog information (represented by a fluctuating wave) into digital information (represented by ones and zeros, or bits). This fundamental shift in technology totally changed how we handle visual and audio information -- it completely redefined what is possible."
by Gerald Gurevich, Karim Nice and Tracy V. Wilson
Inside This Article
1. Introduction to How Digital Cameras Work 2. A Filmless Camera 3. Digital Camera Resolution 4. Capturing Color 5. More on Capturing Color 6. Exposure and Focus 7. Storing Digital Photos 8. Summary 9. Lots More Information 10. See all Digital Cameras articles
In the past twenty years, most of the major technological breakthroughs in consumer electronics have really been part of one larger breakthrough. When you get down to it, CDs, DVDs, HDTV, MP3s and DVRs are all built around the same basic process: converting conventional analog information (represented by a fluctuating wave) into digital information (represented by ones and zeros, or bits). This fundamental shift in technology totally changed how we handle visual and audio information -- it completely redefined what is possible."
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