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Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging [Hardcover]

Sidney Ray BSc MSc ASIS HonFBIPP FMPA HonFRPS (Author)
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0240513231 978-0240513232 August 30, 1999 1
WINNER OF THE 2001 KRASZNA-KRAUSZ PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK AWARD (Technical Photography category)

The only definitive book to fully encompass the use of photography and imaging as tools in science, technology and medicine. It describes in one single volume the basic theory, techniques, materials, special equipment and applications for a wide variety of uses of photography, including: close up photography and photomacrography to spectral recording, surveillance systems, radiography and micro-imaging.

This extensively illustrated photography 'bible' contains all the information you need, whether you are a scientist wishing to use photography for a specialist application, a professional needing to extend technical expertise, or a student wanting to broaden your knowledge of the applications of photography.

The contents are arranged in three sections:
· General Section, detailing the elements of the image capture process
· Major Applications, describing the major applications of imaging
· Specialist Applications, presenting an eclectic selection of more specialised but increasingly important applications

Each subject is introduced with an outline of its development and contemporary importance, followed by explanations of essential theory and an overview of techniques and equipment. Mathematics is only used where necessary. Numerous applications and case studies are described. Comprehensive bibliographies and references are provided for further study.


Ensure you are aware of all the very latest scientific applications
Comprehensive wealth of scientific information in one single volume so it is all to hand when needed
Learn from Sidney Ray's complete coverage and interpretation of scientific and applied photography

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


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 559 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (August 30, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240513231
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240513232
  • Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.1 x 1.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,662,848 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging, March 7, 2001
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Daniel Geiger (Los Angeles CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging (Hardcover)
Knowing Sidney Ray's writings for Applied Photographic Opitcs (second edition) and from his/her (?) introductory overview textbooks, I was certainly positively inclined towards the author. The book is well structured with historical introduction and a chapter on human perception at the beginning. The technical chapters on lighting, optics, processing, and specialty applications are up to date and fully referenced (which is a rarety among the usual crop of photographic how-to books). Those interested in more recent technological devlopments (lasers, UV, far IR, spectrophotometry, ...) will find a treasure chest in this volume.

The only significant let-down was the chapter 11 on image processing and analysis (including Photoshop). The chapters concentrates on simplistic examples of gadget filters (gaussian blur etc.) that are not employed in science (at least as far as I have ever experienced it). Explaing the use of alpha channels to improve color contrast in B&W print images would have been much more helpful. The omission of NIH image is yet another inexplicable phenomenon, as it is THE premier platform for quantitative image analysis.

Overall, I highly recommend this book for those interested in scientific applications of photography. This includes those like myself who deal on a day-to-day basis with various photographic challenges as working scientists (repro, extreme macro, micro, SEM/TEM, field photography, underwater). For a fuller mathematical treatment of the optical principles, you may want also to get his/her (?) '94 volume on optics. In the end you will find yourself referring back and forth between these two complementary tomes.

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The scientific applications of photography and imaging date from the earliest days of the introduction of photographic processes such as the Daguerreotype and Calotype (1839), and the wet plate (1851), although it was realized that the spectral sensitivity was limited to UV and blue only. Read the first page
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spectral harmonization, beamsplitter system, aerospace photography, image principal point, sector shutter, peripheral photography, image tube camera, underwater photogrammetry, axial lighting, effective exposure duration, ground sampled distance, reseau plate, fibre optic taper, object conjugate, streak mode, endoscopic photography, substage iris, peripheral recording, rotating mirror cameras, photogrammetric purposes, light sectioning, multispectral photography, rotating prism cameras, framing rate, silver halide materials
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New York, Focal Press, Photogr Sci, Academic Press, John Wiley, Engng Rem, Imaging Technol, Eastman Kodak, Photonics Spectra, Jena Review, Cambridge University Press, Media Med, Solid State Technol, Scientific Photograph, Adam Hilger, Commercial Photographer, Image Technol, Photogr Engng, Engng Rein, Institute of Physics Publishing, Laser Focus World, Oxford University Press, Imaging Sci, Fountain Press, Optical Spectra
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