1633 (v.4) Scientific Photography 101
| Area: | Department of Applied Physics |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Syllabus: | Introduction to the overall philosophy of photography and cameras, particularly 35mm SLR. Safety and care. Camera principals and the interdependency of exposure on film speed, aperture and shutter speed. Camera accessories, tripods, flash units and theirpractical application. Accessory and supplementary lenses, lens speed, focal length, depth of field, macro lenses and field of view. Microscopes, Kohler illumination, Darkfield, Phase contrast and oblique illumination. Photographic principals. The natureand manipulation of light. Spectral Power distribution curves, colour temperature and properties of various light sources. Filter theory and practice with respect to both colour and monochrome films. Linear polarisation and its application to mineralogy.Photoelasticity- strain relationship of materials. Film structure. Monochrome film, grain structure and film speed. Photographic paper emulsions. Colour films. Basic colour chemistry and processing.. Ultraviolet and infrared reflectance and fluorescence photography. The use of professional Polaroid film. Underwater photography. Equipment requirements and the techniques. Principals of the Scanning Electron Microscope with demonstration of actual techniques. Digital Photography - equipment, techniques. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will have gained familiarity with photographic principles and techniques and skills in basic photography, using monochrome and colour film, processing and printing. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | No prescribed references. |
| Unit Texts: | Gonzales, R. C. and Woods, R. E., 1992, 'Digital Image Processing', Addison Wesley, Reading. Russ, J. C., 1999, 'The Image Processing Handbook', CRC Press, Boca Raton. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Laboratory (Workbook) 70%. Final Examination 30 %. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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