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Curious Photographer

An Introduction to the Science of Photography

Science for the

Curious Photographer

An Introduction to the Science of Photography

Charles S. Johnson, Jr.

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e following products and trademarks are used throughout the book: AT&T Bell Labs, B+W, Canon, Cibach-

rome, Ciga-Geigy Corp., CoCam?, Cokin, ColorMunki, CombineZM (freeware), Dynamic-Photo HDR, East-

man Kodak, Kenko, Kodak, Kodachrome, Epson, Fairchild Semiconductor, Focus Magic, FocalBlade, Foveon,

Fujichrome Provia, Fujiﬁ lm, Helicon Focus, Heliopan, Hoya, Ilfochrome, Intel, Kirk, Life Pixel, Leica, MaxMax,

Manfrotto, Nikon, Olympus, Photokit Sharpener, Photomatix, PhotoPro RGB, Photoshop, Polaroid Corp., Rol-

leicord, Schott, Schneider-Kreuznach, Sigma, Sony, Spyper3, Tamron, Texas Instruments, Ti n, Wratten, and

Zeiss.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Johnson, Charles S. (Charles Sidney), 1936–

Science for the curious photographer : an introduction to the science of photography / Charles S. Johnson, Jr.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-56881-581-7 (alk. paper)

1. Photography. I. Title.

TR146.J556 2010

770—dc22

2009047521

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