How Does a Photon Become a Photograph?
In short: Follow light into a camera's image sensor, where it becomes electric charge, then a voltage, then filtered colour measurements and finally the bits of a digital photograph.
A 1:56 short film in the series “Journey of Light”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Nobel Prize press release, nobelprize.org), “Nobel Prize in Physics 2009”; IEEE (IEEE Technology Navigator), “Image sensors | IEEE Technology Navigator”; NASA Science (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology highlights), “Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life - NASA Science”; PubMed Central (PMC), U.S. National Library of Medicine / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “The Effect of the Color Filter Array Layout Choice on State-of-the-Art Demosaicing”; Library of Congress (Preservation Directorate), “Appendix D: A Basic Digital Imaging Glossary - Guidelines for Electronic Preservation of Visual Materials - Preservation Research Publications - Resources (Preservation, Library of Congress)”.
Sources used in this film
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Nobel Prize press release, nobelprize.org) — Nobel Prize in Physics 2009 · View →
- IEEE (IEEE Technology Navigator) — Image sensors | IEEE Technology Navigator · View →
- NASA Science (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology highlights) — Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life - NASA Science · View →
- PubMed Central (PMC), U.S. National Library of Medicine / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — The Effect of the Color Filter Array Layout Choice on State-of-the-Art Demosaicing · View →
- Library of Congress (Preservation Directorate) — Appendix D: A Basic Digital Imaging Glossary - Guidelines for Electronic Preservation of Visual Materials - Preservation Research Publications - Resources (Preservation, Library of Congress) · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Nobel Prize press release, nobelprize.org): Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
- Also: IEEE (IEEE Technology Navigator): Image sensors | IEEE Technology Navigator
- Also: NASA Science (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory technology highlights): Technology Originally Developed for Space Missions Now Integral to Everyday Life - NASA Science
- Also: PubMed Central (PMC), U.S. National Library of Medicine / National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): The Effect of the Color Filter Array Layout Choice on State-of-the-Art Demosaicing
- Also: Library of Congress (Preservation Directorate): Appendix D: A Basic Digital Imaging Glossary - Guidelines for Electronic Preservation of Visual Materials - Preservation Research Publications - Resources (Preservation, Library of Congress)
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