Graphic design of pinhole cameras
Abstract
The paper describes a graphic technique for the analysis and optimization of pinhole size and focal length. The technique is based on the use of the transfer function of optical elements described by Scott (1959) to construct the transfer function of a circular pinhole camera. This transfer function is the response of a component or system to a pattern of lines having a sinusoidally varying radiance at varying spatial frequencies. Some specific examples of graphic design are presented.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- February 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.18.000262
- Bibcode:
- 1979ApOpt..18..262E
- Keywords:
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- Cameras;
- Imaging Techniques;
- Modulation Transfer Function;
- Optical Transfer Function;
- Pinholes;
- Apertures;
- Design Analysis;
- Foci;
- Graphic Arts;
- Optics;
- Product Development;
- Radiance;
- Instrumentation and Photography;
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- CAMERAS