4. Camera Engineering
Milestone of Photography
Pinhole Camera
SLR Camera
Compact Camera
DSLR Camera
Traditional Film to Digital Photographs
5. Camera Engineering
Charged-Coupled Device (CCD)
Light hitting the CCD will be converted to
electrical charge in the sensor
The main components of a photo is made
up of 2 factors:
Luminance (Light)
Chrominance (Colour)
6. Camera Engineering
How to read “Megapixel”?
Width Height Active Pixels Megapixel Brand
4000 3000 12,000,000 12.0 Nikon Coolpix L110
4752 3168 15,054,336 15.0 Canon 500D
5616 3744 21,026,304 21.0 Canon Mark III
7360 4912 36,152,320 36.2 Nikon D800
9372 9372 87,834,384 87.8 Leica RC30