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CCTV, 3rd Edition
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CCTV, 3rd Edition

by Vlado Damjanovski
September 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
616 pages
21h 9m
English
Butterworth-Heinemann
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CCTV Cameras

Abstract

The very firstand most important element in the CCTV chain is the element that captures the images - the camera. The term camera comes from the Latin camera obscura, which means "dark room." Today, we use the term camera in film, photography, television, and multimedia. Cameras project images onto different targets, but they all use light and lenses.

Key Words

camera; correlated double sampling (CDS); decibel; filter; illumination; sensitivity; sensor; signal/noise (S/N) ratio; specifications; thermal imaging; white balance

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The very first and most important element in the CCTV chain is the element that captures the images - the ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9780124045576