Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging

6 Camera systems for data capture

6.1 Introduction

Most applications of imaging and photography using instrumentation need a data capture stage, usually by means of a camera, recognizing that the terms imager and motion analyser are often used for alternative electronic imaging systems involving an image tube or solid state devices, specially at high framing rates (Shaftan, 1952).

Figure 6.1 Camera system Principal components of a medium format camera system.

The basic components of a suitable camera (Figure 6.1) are the body, lens, shutter, aperture mechanism, focusing system, viewfinder system, photosensor, film magazine, frame advance system, ...