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  2. Science of photography - Wikipedia

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    The fundamental technology of most photography, whether digital or analog, is the camera obscura effect and its ability to transform of a three dimensional scene into a two dimensional image. At its most basic, a camera obscura consists of a darkened box, with a very small hole in one side, which projects an image from the outside world onto ...

  3. Camera - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 February 2025. Optical device for recording images For other uses, see Camera (disambiguation). Leica camera (1950s) Hasselblad 500 C/M with Zeiss lens A camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light ...

  4. Photography - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 17 February 2025. Art and practice of creating images by recording light For other uses, see Photography (disambiguation). Photography of Sierra Nevada Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically ...

  5. Image formation - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between a location on the image and a location on the object is y = f*tan(θ), where y is the max extent of the image plane, f is the focal length of the lens and θ is the field of view. If y is the max radial size of the image then θ is the field of view of the lens.

  6. List of camera types - Wikipedia

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    Magnetic resonance imaging which produce images showing, internal structure of different parts of a patient's body. Rangefinder camera which produce images of the distance to each point in the scene. Ultrasonography uses ultrasonic cameras that produce images of the absorption of ultra-sonic energy.

  7. Camera lens - Wikipedia

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    Different kinds of camera lenses, including wide angle, telephoto and speciality. A camera lens, photographic lens or photographic objective is an optical lens or assembly of lenses (compound lens) used in conjunction with a camera body and mechanism to make images of objects either on photographic film or on other media capable of storing an image chemically or electronically.

  8. Focusing screen - Wikipedia

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    Cameras with interchangeable film formats (view cameras, field cameras and some medium format cameras) may have etchings on the focusing screen to show the limits of the films. Most of these cameras have either plain or grid screens because due to the size of the focusing screen the only focusing aid really needed is a magnifying glass.

  9. Roll film - Wikipedia

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    He was issued an 1881 patent for a roll film holder [4] [5] which he licensed to George Eastman (it was used in Eastman's Kodak 1888 box camera). Houston sold the patent (and an 1886 revision [6]) outright to Eastman for $5000 in 1889. [2] [7] [8] Houston continued developing the camera, creating 21 patents for cameras or camera parts between ...