Video Camera Technology

Authored by a pioneer and leading authority in broadcast and video technology, this comprehensive examination of video camera technology and applications covers the fundamentals and latest advances in cameras ranging from consumer camcorders to state-of-the-art professional broadcast models. Focusing on the latest digital technology used in today's cameras, the book is the first to cover camera technology as it applies to a broad range of fields including broadcasting, computers, and telecommunications.

Authored by a pioneer and leading authority in broadcast and video technology, this comprehensive examination of video camera technology and applications covers the fundamentals and latest advances in cameras ranging from consumer camcorders to state-of-the-art professional broadcast models. Focusing on the latest digital technology used in today's cameras, the book is the first to cover camera technology as it applies to a broad range of fields including broadcasting, computers, and telecommunications.

Broadcast engineering professionals will appreciate the book's clarity, detail, and authoritativeness, but even if you're an electrical engineer or computer scientist with little or no training in video technology, you'll find the book easy-to-understand and packed with practical knowledge that you can use right away to:

Make better decisions when selecting appropriate cameras for specific applications

Apply cutting-edge camera technology in computer system development

Strengthen your knowledge of digital video camera design

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An exposition of the technology of video cameras at all levels from consumer products to professional broadcast and production cameras. Assumes a background in engineering or computer science but not in video technology, and avoids mathematics except when equations can enhance the understanding of the material. After introducing fundamental concepts, explains light and optics, image sensors, camera signal processing, automatic camera operation, cameras used in systems, telecine systems (video movies), camcorders, viewfinders, camera packaging, digital still-picture cameras, specifications and measurements, high- definition television cameras, and the future of video cameras. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Arch C. Luther is president of Arch Luther Associates in Merchantville, New Jersey. He earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His distinguished career spans more than 40 years and includes broadcast equipment design at RCA, and consulting in multimedia computing for Intel, IBM, and others. Mr. Luther holds 32 U.S. patents and is the author of nine books, including Principles of Digital Audio and Video, published by Artech House in 1997. He has won both the SMPTE David Sarnoff Gold Medal and RCA David Sarnoff Gold Medal for Outstanding Technical Achievement.