And people used to whine that f-stops were hard to understand :o) "I Agree" Top posted by design. Bobb >-- Original Message -- >Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 23:14:36 +0800 >From: karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subject: Re: SD card media >To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-to: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >Howard: > >: Hi Karl, having read the whole of your email, I suspect that digital >: basics for many people are a damned sight more confusing than >: "old-fashioned" film. Though admittedly I'm not sure what you mean by >: digital basics! :-) >: What would you and others regard as basic? > > >I've been scribbling a curriculum together recently, having seen what's on >offer. > >Recalling the curriculum for basic photography (film), it seemed that >although the course I was involved with was a science course the stuff was >pretty fundamental to all areas of photography. Admittedly not too many >wedding photogs might dabble in densitometry, but our students certainly >seemed to benefit from at least knowing about such things even if they were >forgotten shortly after passing their exams ;-) > >here's what I've got to date as an outline.. in no particular order. I'm >still pulling it apart and adding bits as I expound further into the >specifics. (ignore random capitalisations ;) > > > >What is Digital photography? >The Media >Capture of Images >Files & Types >Origins in Video >Origins in Barcode Scanners >Printers & Scanners >Algorithms >General Computing >Researching >Computing & the Computer >Monitors and Video Cards >Calibration & Colour management >Editors & Interpreters > > >What is Digital photography? - discussion. > > >Media: Floppy disks (inc Zip, LS120, LS240), Hard Disk Drives,CD's, >VCD's,DVD's,DVD RAM, mmc, SD cards, Memory Sticks, CF cards Microdrives, >PC Card drives, flash disks, NAND memory, optical media, magnetic media, >opto-magnetic media, etc.. pros and cons, uses, appropriateness, problems. >longevity, dye types. > >Image Capture: CCD, CMOS. AD conversion, bayer arrays, foveon sensors, >monochromatic sensors & filters > >Data: Archiving, recovering, encrypting, protecting, steganography, media >checking tools, data checking tools, data recovery tools, OS translation >tools. > >File Types: standards, compression, licenses (eg jpeg2000), containers, >image data, Editors (GUI and Command Line *)*more depth later. proprietry. > >Video history: Video Still Cameras (digital cameras), History, trasitions >and tie-ins with Barcodes via AD converters > >Barcode history: AD conversion > >Scanners: Types - drum, flatbed, film. Transmission & reflection. PPI >(DPI) resolution, actual and interpreted. bit depth, IR filtration (dust >removal) Manufacter 'hype'. light sources and the effect on gamma and >colour accuracy (cold cathode, Xenon, pulsed xenon, tungsten, white, RGB, >continuous and discontinuous) > >Printers: DPI(printer dot resolution), PPI(Image reolution), Ink types, >RIPS (hard & soft) , algorithms, File ypes, languages (postscript etc), >Gamut. > >Algorithms: appropriateness, types, effects, purposes. > >General computing: computer maintenance, backup, archiving, directory >structures, operating systems. The Internet. navigation, programs, >protection (antivirus, firewalls) etc > >Video Cards : 2D, 3D, purposes, frame rates, gaming, rendering, colour >accuracy, sharpness, compromises, settings, refresh rates, outputs (single, >dual, quad, split, mirrored), bitdepth, gamut > >& Monitors: , Types: CRT, LCD, E-Ink, Plasma - future OLED & other. >Resolutions, hardware settings and controls, Software modifications >(profiles) etc , pros cons. > >calibration & colour management: ICC, Other. purposes of calibration. >Methods, creation of profiles, Intent, gamut, creating from scratch, Colour >Matched Vs subjective. Photographic intent Vs graphic intent (pantone >etc). > >Editors: Introduction to professional software. Freeware, shareware, >specific (non all-in-one) packages. > >researching skills, web based - keep track of new ideas, new information, >new techniques and other photography related information including search >tools.. > >search tools: search engines: google, google groups, google images, others > metasearch engines: dogpile etc > search 'strings', techniques and boolean searches. > usenet. > >k > ___________________________________________________________ Tiscali Broadband from 14.99 with free setup! http://www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/
