Manual of Photography » (9th Edition)

Senior Lecturer in Digital and Photographic Imaging, University of Westminster, photographer and Imaging Consultant.

* The authoritative text on virtually every technical aspect of photography and digital imaging

* Now in its ninth edition and into a third century, first published in 1890

* If you are serious about photography you can't afford to be without this book

* Now covers digital techniques and a new colour plate section illustrates the chapters on colour techniques

The Manual of Photography is the standard work for anyone who is serious about photography: professional photographers and lab technicians or managers, as well as students and enthusiastic amateurs who want to become more technically competent. The authors provide comprehensive and accessible coverage of the techniques and technologies of photography.

Imaging systems; Fundamentals of light and vision; Photographic light sources; The geometry of image formation; The photometry of image formation; Optical aberrations and lens performance; Camera lenses; Types of camera; Camera features; Camera movements; Optical filters; Sensitive materials and image sensors; Spectral sensitivity of photographic materials; Principles of colour photography; Sensitometry; The reproduction of colour; Photographic processing; Speed of materials, sensors and systems; Camera exposure determination; Hard copy output media; Production of hard copy; Life expectancy of imaging media; Colour matters; Theory of image formation; Images and information; Digital image processing and manipulation