Archive of class business

CS 178 - Digital Photography
Spring Quarter, 2010
Marc Levoy

Note: these archives are for historical purposes only. Don't try to use them to access lectures or assignments once they have been moved to this file, as the links are liable to be broken. Instead, use the links in the course home page or course schedule.

What's new March 30?

• Handouts:
  • Course outline (HO #1)
  • Course schedule (HO #2)
• Lecture notes:
  • Image formation (part I)
• Reading for next time:
  • London, chapter 2 - camera
  • London, chapter 18 - history of photography
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #1 - Bad Photos (due Sunday, April 4, 11:59pm)
• Fill out survey #2 by Wednesday, March 31 at 11:59pm. See explanation above.

What's new April 1?

• Lecture notes:
  • Image formation (full version)
  • Flash applet demonstrating the Variables that affect exposure
    
  • Choosing a camera
  • History of photography (part 1): invention and age of portraits
    
  • Extreme photography
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 2 - camera
  • London, chapter 18 - history of photography
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #1 - Bad Photos (due Sunday, April 4, 11:59pm)
  • Assignment #2 - Sports & Action (due Sunday, April 11, 11:59pm)

What's new April 6?

• Lecture notes:
  • Optics I: Lenses and apertures (begun)
  • Flash applet demonstrating the Operation of a thin lens (and that lenses perform a 3D perspective transformation)
  • Flash applet demonstrating the Gaussian lens formula (including the relationship between focusing a camera and changing its focal length)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 3 - lens
  • London, chapter 15 - view camera
  • Hecht, Optics, 5.1-5.2 (optional)
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #2 - Sports & Action (due Sunday, April 11, 11:59pm)

What's new April 8?

• Lecture notes:
  • Optics I: Lenses and apertures (finished)
  • Optics II: Practical photographic lenses (begun)
  • Flash applet demonstrating Depth of Field (and its dependence on aperture, focal length, subject distance, and circle of confusion)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 3 - lens
  • London, chapter 15 - view camera
  • Hecht, Optics, 5.1-5.2 (optional)
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #2 - Sports & Action (due Sunday, April 11, 11:59pm)

What's new April 13?

• Lecture notes:
  • Optics II: Practical photographic lenses (lecture finished)
  • Flash applet demonstrating Telephoto zoom lenses
  • Sampling and pixels (lecture begun)
  • Flash applet demonstrating Spatial convolution (in 1D and 2D)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 4 - exposure and sensors
  • Articles on digital imaging by Hamamatsu (see links in schedule.html)
  • Moller, Real-Time Rendering, 5.6.1 - sampling and reconstruction
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #3 - Macro Photography (due Sunday, April 18, 11:59pm)

What's new April 15?

• Lecture notes:
  • Sampling and pixels (finished)
  • Flash applet demonstrating Spatial convolution (in 1D and 2D)
  • Photons and sensors (begun)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 4 - exposure and sensors
  • Articles on digital imaging by Hamamatsu (see links in schedule.html)
  • Moller, Real-Time Rendering, 5.6.1 - sampling and reconstruction
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #3 - Macro Photography (due Sunday, April 18, 11:59pm)

What's new April 20?

• Lecture notes:
  • Photons and sensors (finished)
  • Autofocus (AF) (begun)
• Flash applets: Autofocus using phase detection or contrast detection
• Reading for this week:
  • Goldberg, Dark Side of the Lens, 1.11-1.20
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #4 - Architecture and Interiors (due Sunday, April 25, 11:59pm)

What's new April 22?

• Lecture notes:
  • Autofocus (AF) (finished)
  • Image stabilization (IS)
  • History of photography (part 2) - documenting the world
  • Deconvolution and deblurring
• Reading for this week:
  • Goldberg, Dark Side of the Lens, 1.11-1.20
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #4 - Architecture and Interiors (due Sunday, April 25, 11:59pm)

What's new April 27?

• Lecture notes:
  • Noise and ISO
  • Astrophotography (presentation by Jesse Levinson)
    (slides available shortly)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 16 - the zone system
  • http://learn.hamamatsu.com/articles/ccdsnr.html
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Study for your midterm! (Monday, May 3, 7-9pm, Braun Aud., in Mudd Chem Bldg.)
    • 2 hours, closed book
    • on lectures and assigned chapters in London
    • See these slides summarizing what will be on the midterm
      (this PDF file may be revised roughly mid-week, after I've given the exposure metering lecture)

What's new April 29?

• Lecture notes:
  • Noise and ISO (added a few more slides)
  • Exposure metering (AE)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 16 - the zone system
  • http://learn.hamamatsu.com/articles/ccdsnr.html
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Study for your midterm! (Monday, May 3, 7-9pm, Braun Aud., in Mudd Chem Bldg.)
    • 2 hours, closed book
    • on lectures and assigned chapters in London
    • See these slides summarizing what will be on the midterm
      (revised for the last time 4/29/10)

What's new May 4?

• Lecture notes:
  • History of photography (part 3)
  • Composing good photographs
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 17 - seeing photographs
  • Bryan Peterson, Learning to See Creatively
  • Ansel Adams, Making of 40 Photographs
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #5 - Still Life (due Sunday, May 9, 11:59pm)

What's new May 6?

• Animation of assembling a Canon 10D camera (courtesy of Matthew Farrell, Michelle Pang, Michael Tom, UC Berkeley)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 17 - seeing photographs
  • Bryan Peterson, Learning to See Creatively
  • Ansel Adams, Making of 40 Photographs
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #5 - Still Life (due Sunday, May 9, 11:59pm)

What's new May 11?

• Lecture notes:
  • Color I: trichromatic theory (not quite finished)
• Flash applets: Introduction to color theory, Color matching, Color mixing
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 7 - color,
    
  • Stone, A field guide to digital color, 1
  • Minneart, Light and Color...Outdoors, 11
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #6 - Landscape and Nature (due Sunday, May 16, 11:59pm)

What's new May 13?

• Lecture notes:
  • Color I: trichromatic theory (finished)
  • Color II: applications in photography (begun)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 7 - color,
    
  • Stone, A field guide to digital color, 1
  • Minneart, Light and Color...Outdoors, 11
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #6 - Landscape and Nature (due Sunday, May 16, 11:59pm)

What's new May 18?

• Lecture notes:
  • Color II: applications in photography (finished)
  • Light and reflection
• Flash applet: Gamut mapping
• Reading for this week:
  • Reinhard, HDR Imaging, 2.1-2.2
  • Dorsey, Modeling...Material Appearance, 3
  • London, chapter 13 - lighting
  • Hunter, Light Science and Magic, 7
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #7 - Night and Color (due Sunday, May 23, 11:59pm)

What's new May 20?

• Lecture notes:
  • Photographic lighting
• Reading for this week:
  • Reinhard, HDR Imaging, 2.1-2.2
  • Dorsey, Modeling...Material Appearance, 3
  • London, chapter 13 - lighting
  • Hunter, Light Science and Magic, 7
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #7 - Night and Color (due Sunday, May 23, 11:59pm)

What's new May 25?

• Lecture notes:
  • History of photography (part 4)
    
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 8 - digital darkroom
  • London, chapter 9 - image editing
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light (due Wednesday, Jun 2, 11:59pm)

What's new May 27?

• Lecture notes:
  • In-camera image processing (begun)
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 8 - digital darkroom
  • London, chapter 9 - image editing
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light (due Wednesday, Jun 2, 11:59pm)
• Section meetings next week are Tues-Thu only, and optional. Attend any meeting you wish. Times are here.

What's new June 1?

• Lecture notes:
  • What will be on the final exam?
  • In-camera image processing (finished)
  • Panoramas
  • Flash applet on cylindrical panoramas
  • History of photography (part 5)
• Flash applets on gamma correction and chromaticity diagrams added to course schedule.
  We now believe this set of 15 Flash applets is complete. Let us know if you find any errors.
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 8 - digital darkroom
  • London, chapter 9 - image editing
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light (due Wednesday, Jun 2, 11:59pm)
• Section meetings next week are Tues-Thu only, and optional. Attend any meeting you wish. Times are here.

What's new June 1?

• Lecture notes:
  • What will be on the final exam?
  • In-camera image processing (finished)
  • Panoramas
  • Flash applet on cylindrical panoramas
  • History of photography (part 5)
• Flash applets on gamma correction and chromaticity diagrams added to course schedule.
  We now believe this set of 15 Flash applets is complete. Let us know if you find any errors.
• Reading for this week:
  • London, chapter 8 - digital darkroom
  • London, chapter 9 - image editing
• Other Coursework assigned:
  • Assignment #8 - Portraiture and Light (due Wednesday, Jun 2, 11:59pm)
• Section meetings next week are Tues-Thu only, and optional. Attend any meeting you wish. Times are here.

What's new June 7?

• Final exam tonight (Monday, June 7), 7-10pm, bldg-room 420-040 (Psych bldg, big auditorium)
  
• Bring any loaner cameras to the exam (with all accessories)